cohabitation

noun

Definition of cohabitationnext
as in remarriage

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Recent Examples of cohabitation Those included a cohabitation agreement that said the couple would live together and soon marry. — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 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 Is cohabitation the feminist future? — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026 In a statement regarding the revised bill, per CBS News, Blakespear stressed the importance of cohabitation between Californians and local wildlife species as the effects of climate change worsen. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 Zookeepers are hopeful that the cohabitation will continue to go well, but no timeline has been given for when people could expect babies. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 Others are opting for cohabitation or staying single. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026 Conversations about cohabitation, inheritance, or emotional truth may finally start flowing again. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohabitation
  1. remarriage
  2. intermarriage
  3. miscegenation
  4. relationship
  5. polygamy
  6. mixed marriage
  7. polygyny
  8. bigamy
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the palace has been besieged by loutish suitors, led by the scheming Antinous (Robert Pattinson), all of them vying for the queen’s hand in remarriage and mooching off the absent king’s food and wine.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • Despite John and Pat’s remarriage, John continued living in the Cramerton home with Yaffe, according to court records.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Definition of remarriage
Noun
  • So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But intermarriage could not protect the indigenous peoples, and through wars, disease, and famine their numbers continued to wane.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of intermarriage
Noun
  • Nancy Buirski's documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who fought Virginia's Jim Crow-era miscegenation laws, eschews narration, instead using archival footage and interviews with those involved to tell a quiet but forceful story that is both a cry for justice and a romance.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The press, however—fearing backlash to its positive depiction of interracial romance—rewrote the conclusion without Grey’s knowledge or consent, killing off Nophaie and the offending prospect of miscegenation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of miscegenation
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  • According to the arrest warrant affidavit, detectives received a tip shortly after the killing that Velasquez’s husband may have been jealous of the women’s close relationship.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • That’s why Lee has visions of Reid joining forces with Coby White, the new leader of the Hornets’ offense, to form a bond that fosters a relationship on and off the court.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Definition of relationship
Noun
  • The Zulu monarchs practice polygamy, and the current King has three wives -- with a scandal erupted earlier this month over one of them.
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 July 2026
  • Members of The Work, like Zitting's parents, practice polygamy.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of polygamy
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  • His mother, Marie Jillich, went by Miriam to appease her in-laws who disapproved of the mixed marriage.
    — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of mixed marriage
Noun
  • 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.
    — Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In short, there remain multiple ways polygyny can be harmful.
    — David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of polygyny
Noun
  • Chen was initially facing six felony counts of bigamy, two counts of forgery and theft as part of the scheme, court records show.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • Chen, who is currently being held on $100,000 bail in the Clark County Detention Center, has been charged with five felony counts of bigamy and two counts of intent to utter a fictitious bill/note/check, per FOX5.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Definition of bigamy

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