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Recent Examples of bigamy
Toni Heath Johnson has various felony convictions dating back to the 1980s, including forgery, credit card theft and bigamy.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 June 2025
Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
But with no-fault divorces, a couple could split amiably, without accusing or proving anything like bigamy or fraud or abandonment.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 June 2025
Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
But with no-fault divorces, a couple could split amiably, without accusing or proving anything like bigamy or fraud or abandonment.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigamy
Noun
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abandoned polygamy in 1890 and strictly prohibits it today.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Husbands don’t go to the doghouse in polygamy.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To me, jobs in this industry feel like a bunch of little marriages.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
25 Aug. 2025
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The notion of destroying marriages and undoing family relationships would be extremely difficult for the Court to justify.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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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.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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The stock rose more than 3% in the session, presumably on a potential influx of Swifties looking for unique rings to mark their matrimony.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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She was known as the famously reluctant bride of the Gilded Age who, despite her nuptials being the media event of a generation, did not go gently into matrimony.—
Kristina Webb,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
Noun
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My knee baby, Ivy, was twenty and studying music over at Ole Miss, and Manny was going into his senior year, set to be salutatorian—all with no children out of wedlock, thank you, Jesus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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Marriages are a strong predictor of births in China, where few children are born out of wedlock—prompting concern over the long-term economic impacts as the birth rate trends downward.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigamy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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