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Recent Examples of betroth
Whether you’re betrothed or trying to manifest it, take a cue from Selena Gomez’s minimal approach with a sheer pink shade for something chic and timeless.
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Immediately, fans flooded the comments on her post asking if she's betrothed.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will undoubtedly host one of the celebrity weddings of the decade after recently becoming betrothed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
But an engagement announcement published five months earlier said she was betrothed to a Henry Strezelecki.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024
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Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Immediately, fans flooded the comments on her post asking if she's betrothed.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will undoubtedly host one of the celebrity weddings of the decade after recently becoming betrothed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
But an engagement announcement published five months earlier said she was betrothed to a Henry Strezelecki.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for betroth
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The first amendment, proposed by Kelly Gonez, and approved unanimously, put back in $50 million — reducing next year’s cut in half, to $50 million.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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According to investigators, the group's drone builder proposed targeting a military-industrial facility to obtain the necessary explosive materials.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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For the first time in World Cup history, a host nation is at war with one of its participants, though an agreement to halt the conflict suddenly looks promising.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The funding will also allow the company to manufacture doses of its vaccine in parallel so that larger phase 2/3 trials can begin quickly if phase 1 data are promising.—
Paul Adepoju,
Scientific American,
14 June 2026
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The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
Peoplemag,
5 May 2023
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Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2019
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Scott first pledged to give away the majority of her wealth in 2019 after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.—
Thalia Beaty,
Fortune,
11 Dec. 2025
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Since the campaign trail, Higgins has pledged to replace Art Noriega, the current city manager.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Dec. 2025
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Liverpool have committed six to the press, and make the turnover because Szoboszlai anticipates O’Reilly wanting to play through them into Phil Foden.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Last week, a judge reportedly denied two motions to dismiss the criminal charges against Stines, with his attorneys saying prosecutors never informed the grand jury of their client’s mental state when the crime was committed and that the proceeding was intentionally not recorded.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The two dated for close to five years and were engaged before calling off their relationship, with sources saying the decision was mutual and made with respect for one another.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
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The system uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to more swiftly detect, engage, and defeat small, elusive unmanned threats.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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In 1965, Ibrahim and Benjamin married and moved to New York.—
Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Kepner’s father and Hudson’s mother married in December 2024.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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