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Recent Examples of bigamy
The state bigamy law won’t necessarily bar West Hollywood from registering relationships inside its two-mile-square borders.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Three wives in three counties may just be the start for a man facing felony bigamy charges in North Carolina, investigators say.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
Betsey, 50, pleaded guilty to the felony bigamy charge in May, according to ABC Action News.
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Sean Neumann,
People.com,
4 Aug. 2025
But in her pursuit of everything, Alicia risks losing it all – because while female bigamy may not be a crime, the fallout can be life-altering.
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Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Three wives in three counties may just be the start for a man facing felony bigamy charges in North Carolina, investigators say.
—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
Betsey, 50, pleaded guilty to the felony bigamy charge in May, according to ABC Action News.
—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
4 Aug. 2025
But in her pursuit of everything, Alicia risks losing it all – because while female bigamy may not be a crime, the fallout can be life-altering.
—
Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigamy
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Everyone’s favorite show about polygamy, Big Love, concluded its five-season run in 2011 with a major character death.
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The fundamentalist group split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890.
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President Trump has four other children from his previous marriages who were also present.
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From decades-long marriages to young love, see the significant others of these Sweet Magnolias stars.
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In Queen Mother, Farmer takes a clear-eyed look at Moore’s foibles, noting her absenteeism during her son’s formative years, her embrace of patriarchal hierarchy in Black communities, and her exhortations for Black women to embrace polygyny to facilitate nation building.
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In short, there remain multiple ways polygyny can be harmful.
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One particular enemy of Gauguin’s was Bishop Martin, a Catholic priest on Hiva Oa who did his best to stomp out local custom, forbidding tattooing, Polynesian dancing, and the customary practice of polyandry.
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
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Both Liz and Kate are women who don’t want matrimony to be the be-all and end-all of their lives—and who therefore tend to sideline or overlook their partners.
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Then there is the lifelong contentiousness with her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, a talented Brazilian artist who reluctantly traded her gifts and status for matrimony and child-rearing and resented her family in the wake of her decision.
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The dream comes true for Evelyn, who marries a wealthy surgeon living in New York; meanwhile, Maggie is living in shame back home, after becoming pregnant out of wedlock.
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Wilde navigates the tonal shifts with authority, delivering surprises along the way, including an ending that somehow delivers hope for the institution of wedlock.
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigamy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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