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Recent Examples of cohabitation
But the definition of commitment is shifting as more couples choose nonmarital cohabitation, and as relationships become increasingly individualized.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Established in 18 cities around the globe, the living arrangements provide a heightened and aesthetically pleasing cohabitation space where personal areas are smaller, focusing instead on common spaces.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
But, as the charity Dogs Trust says, peaceful cohabitation is possible when introductions are handled carefully.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
This unexpected cohabitation brings emotional turmoil but also a new view on love and life for the retiree who had become stuck in his ways.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Established in 18 cities around the globe, the living arrangements provide a heightened and aesthetically pleasing cohabitation space where personal areas are smaller, focusing instead on common spaces.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
But, as the charity Dogs Trust says, peaceful cohabitation is possible when introductions are handled carefully.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
This unexpected cohabitation brings emotional turmoil but also a new view on love and life for the retiree who had become stuck in his ways.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohabitation
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The Princess Royal married her second and current husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, at Crathie Kirk in December 1992, as the Church of England did not allow for remarriage after divorce at the time.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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By the Eighties, almost half of all Jews were marrying non-Jews, and worry over the long-term implications of intermarriage had become its own cottage industry.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The debate over intermarriage in Conservative Judaism has persisted for decades, reflecting the movement’s dual commitments to tradition and change.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2025
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The taboo of miscegenation makes up the body of the pagan cynocephalus, wherein religious difference is figured as racial difference, and, remarkably, as species difference (or crisis).—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Aug. 2025
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On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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To this end, the Kansas City Election Board has mostly relied on existing relationships with schools, churches and libraries.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Centene and the Neidorffs’ contributions didn’t stop in 2019, nor did their business relationship with the state of California.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.—
Robert Hornsby,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Oct. 2023
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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North Carolina classifies bigamy as a Class I felony, and the charge can result in imprisonment for anyone who knowingly marries while still legally married to another person.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Cohabitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabitation. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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