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Recent Examples of celibate
Febos finds common ground with both voluntarily and involuntarily celibate individuals.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 5 June 2025
But my celibate year was one of the happiest of my life.
—Sarah Viren
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in 2019 to discuss the ordination of married men in remote parts of South America, the meeting raised expectations about the possibility of revolutionizing the celibate priesthood.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
For many traditionalists, effective enforcement of this teaching would mean cracking down on homosexuality among the clergy, including gay clergy who are celibate and chaste.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 5 June 2025
But my celibate year was one of the happiest of my life.
—Sarah Viren
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in 2019 to discuss the ordination of married men in remote parts of South America, the meeting raised expectations about the possibility of revolutionizing the celibate priesthood.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
For many traditionalists, effective enforcement of this teaching would mean cracking down on homosexuality among the clergy, including gay clergy who are celibate and chaste.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for celibate
Adjective
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Chihiro and Hiruhiko were engaging in the sort of passionate but chaste dude-bro melodrama that takes place only in shōnen manga.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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To win the grand prize, 10 contestants must stay as chaste as possible in a house together for four weeks.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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As a purist, Murray defines sobriety as being completely abstinent from habit-forming substances that could cause dependency, including prescription drugs like Xanax and Suboxone.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her razor-sharp songwriting, which is quippy like Kacey Musgraves and relatable like Taylor Swift, documents Zoee's cross-continent move, a handful of heartbreaks, and reflections on femininity.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Sep. 2025
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Outside the States, Starlink has also won the business of a growing flock of airlines, including plans for fleetwide deployments on the multi-continent carriers Air France, SAS, and Qatar Airways.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her parents disapproved of her being unmarried and pregnant, and her boyfriend’s strained relationship with his own mother left them with no one to rely on.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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In the low-income group, women and unmarried retirees had notably poorer mental health.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Official portraits projected her as a modern iteration of 19th-century royal mothers—soft, demure, virginal.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
10 May 2025
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In fact, a single Old Testament line might be the source for the virginal aspect of the cult of Mary.—
Lamorna Ash,
The Dial,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Starring Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, the film puts a deadly twist on an innocent game.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Aepnus’s process doesn’t replace virgin mining.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Innovations In Chemical And Physical Recycling Chemical Recycling is a relatively new technology designed to convert material waste at a molecular level to produce virgin-quality raw materials.—
Han Hendriks,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Celibate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celibate. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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