as in mixed marriage
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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 -
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
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Sony Pictures Entertainment is further cementing its relationship with Netflix, entering into a first-of-its-kind global Pay-1 deal with the streamer, expanding on a years-long domestic partnership.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Academy’s domestic partnership for the Oscars, which has already included Hulu being the current streaming home of the awards telecast, will continue with Disney ABC through the 100th Oscars in 2028, as will the international partnership for the Oscars with Disney’s Buena Vista International.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
17 Dec. 2025
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The project was part of a $1 billion modernization program. 2011: For the first time in Illinois history, gay and lesbian couples obtained civil unions.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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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
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Although these novels and memoirs come from all over—Denmark, Italy, Japan, South Korea—and vary widely in style and attitude, each of them takes female cohabitation seriously, not omitting its challenges.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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Monica also provides strategic asset protection through the negotiation of premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Career change, divorce and remarriage, going back to school later in life are all possible.—
Aimie K. Runyan,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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At the time, this film was marketed as a kind of modern-day comedy of remarriage, in which on-the-outs small-town husband-and-wife Dennis Quaid and Roberts got back together.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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And in December, while continuing to prohibit intermarriages performed by its rabbis, leaders of the Conservative Movement formally apologized for decades of discouraging intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews and vowed to create new opportunities for inclusion in Conservative synagogues.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Common-law marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common-law%20marriage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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