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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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On Tuesday, Senate Republican leaders floated a version of that idea, proposing to fund every component of DHS except for ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations unit, which is flush with cash in spite of the shutdown because of funding that was separately passed by Congress last summer.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Texas Department of Transportation has proposed a $198 million road-widening project for RM 2871, but that project has not been funded.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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The grandiose space’s massive stage and high-caliber lighting rigs promise extravagant parties and ceremonies that will light up the city’s social calendar.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 1995, the owner of the Raiders, Al Davis, was offered about two hundred million dollars in public loans to move the team from Los Angeles back to its previous home in Oakland; when the team moved to Las Vegas, three decades later, it was promised nearly triple that amount.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 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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As the Dallas Mavericks’ pursuit of a new arena ramps up, Welts pledged to build the best NBA arena in history and reaffirmed that the franchise will do everything possible to build its new home in Dallas.—
Eric Prisbell,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s biggest group of clean energy companies has pledged to spend $17 billion on solar and wind – across all their projects, spread out over several years.—
Ezgi Canpolat,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Harpster, Del Norte A UC Santa Barbara commit, the junior center back scored five goals and had four assists in leading the Nighthawks to a 16-4-4 record and the San Diego Section Division 2 championship.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Dotter estimates 25 to 45 defendants a year would be civilly committed if the bill passes.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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If all of Orion’s systems are working correctly, the crew will begin their journey to the moon by engaging the spacecraft’s main engine for a translunar injection burn that will put it on the correct course to head to the moon and return to Earth.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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But as tech investor and author Nir Eyal points out, asking companies to make their products less appealing and engaging can be a tough sell.—
Kristin Stoller,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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But a new generation of technology marries computer analysis with cameras or the same electromagnetic fields as metal detectors to detect knives and guns.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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One solution to this all-too-familiar rage is not to kill or marry the sibling, but to bring more people into our imaginary family.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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