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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
Verb
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Some have proposed modest increases, while at least one has advocated for no limit at all.—
Tyler Curtis,
Boston Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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The bill also rejects a funding cut proposed for the Transportation Security Administration by the White House, which had sought a 3-4% cut to TSA staffing levels — with half to stop staffing exit lanes that let people re-enter public areas from secure parts of an airport.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Suamataia’s performance was promising enough that Kansas City moved Thuney to the Chicago Bears in March.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Leo, who has promised to keep Francis' signature policies such as welcoming gay Catholics and discussing women's ordination, echoed his predecessor's frequent criticisms of the global economic system during his remarks on Tuesday.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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The organizers pledged to continue the campaign throughout awards season to ensure the public knows the names of Good and others killed by ICE agents in shootings.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Some states, like Indiana, leverage these grants by selling bonds to the municipal debt market, pledging the EPA grants to the bonds' repayment to increase the amount of funding available for infrastructure projects.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And when unlawful acts are committed, hold individuals accountable.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Jennings is the second transfer wideout in the class after Perry Thompson of Auburn committed earlier in the week.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The pull toward explanation, footnotes, forcing a journalistic clarity in a literary piece that engages the politics that frame it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Reach the arms overhead, gently firm the glutes and engage the abdomen to protect the lower back.—
Patrick Franco,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Amma, who had not seen a member of her family since marrying my father almost fourteen years earlier, ran to her brother, Vinny Uncle, pressed a carton of Marlboro Reds into his pocket, then squeezed my cousin Narayan like a lemon and filled his hands with chocolate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Haack later married real estate agent Josh Hall in October 2021, a relationship that ended in a contentious split, with the divorce not finalized until May 2025.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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