CIVIL UNION Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

civil union

noun

Definition of civil union

as in domestic partnership

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Recent Examples of civil union The 2014 act went further than the original laws by banning marriages and civil unions, the operation of gay organizations and social clubs, public expressions of LGBTQ+ identity and advocacy of LGBTQ+ rights. — Damisola Sulaiman, The Dial, 20 Feb. 2025 Mary and Romain entered into a civil union in 2018, and celebrated their nuptials with a wedding ceremony the following year. — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024 Liechtenstein legalized civil unions in a 2011 referendum. — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2024 One of the things that the administration was thinking of doing was making people who had civil unions dissolve them, so that would have taken some time. — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for civil union

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Math alone makes opening domestic partnership to polyamorous relationships challenging.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up.

— Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026

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And one of the big issues Communio deals with in helping churches is how to fight back against cohabitation, which has become the norm today.

— Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Monica also provides strategic asset protection through the negotiation of premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026

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This typically happens because navigating the conflict proves that the relationship is resilient and can withstand the realities of the human experience.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
That unpredictability, coupled with Johnson’s razor-thin voting margin, is testing the seemingly cozy relationship between the speaker and the president ahead of the midterms.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026

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