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Recent Examples of betroth
Immediately, fans flooded the comments on her post asking if she's betrothed.
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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
Short of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025
The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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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
Short of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025
The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for betroth
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As for sending actual people to explore the system, the Chrysalis multi-generational ship proposes taking less than 400 years to make the trip, transporting over 1,000 people on a city-sized craft.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation proposed the reconstruction project in the City of Pewaukee to re-establish the overpass of the Highway F (Redford Boulevard) bridges over I-94 as a DDI, while simultaneously addressing operational deficiencies.—
Liliana Fannin,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The South by Southwest Conference and Festival is often populated with splashy activations from companies promising groundbreaking tech in the near future.—
Beck Andrew Salgado,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The United States cannot promise immunity with one hand in Florida and prosecute with the other in New York.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2025
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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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Superintendent Matias Segura has pledged to wait until all other options are exhausted to make cuts that would directly affect campus staff.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Kering has pledged to cap spending, close stores and streamline operations in a bid to gradually return to profitability in the second half.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 July 2025
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Foxconn then committed to relying on production based in China.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Don’t point to things with chopsticks or commit the double-dipping sin of taking food from a common plate with chopsticks that have been in your mouth.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
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Six months in, Anna and Eric are engaged, and deciding whether to stay in California or move their families to England.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Princess Anne's son is engaged to be married to the NHS nurse — and their sweet PDA is worth a revisit King Charles’ nephew Peter Phillips is engaged to be married to Harriet Sperling, calling for a look back at their sweetest moments as a couple so far.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Diggs and Menzel, who were married from 2003 to 2014, costarred in the original 1996 Broadway production of Rent, for which Menzel received a Tony nomination.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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Another Dallas pair got married, but, like a bad breakup text, later announced their separation.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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