intermarriage

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Recent Examples of intermarriage 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 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 Despite historical skepticism in American Judaism around intermarriage, the idea that an intermarried family like the Hunters can live a robust Jewish life is gaining broader acceptance. Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2024 The effects of this lower social status have persisted across generations, even amid extensive intermarriage between French populations and the descendants of other immigrant groups, including Irish, Italians, and Poles. Gregory Clark, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2014 See All Example Sentences for intermarriage
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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
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
Noun
  • In each of the portraits, his subjects are draped by the white veil, both a symbol of matrimony and silence.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The announcement that the comedian joined the couple together in matrimony was surprising, but Sandler and Swift go back several years.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Piero Davi was one of thousands of children born out of wedlock that the Vatican repackaged as orphans.
    Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • In 17th-century Massachusetts, Hester Prynne struggles to live in society after being forced to wear the letter A, for adulterer, after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.
    Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • 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

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“Intermarriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermarriage. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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