as in wedded
of or relating to marriage
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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Recent Examples of marital
The result is an intimacy and familiarity between the actors that really drives home the tragedy in the movie’s second half, as do early convincing scenes of marital happiness between Alexander and William Devane as her husband.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
After all, an opera audience is unlikely to look kindly on a VR world and certainly not on a man using it to substitute for his real-life marital problems.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
But when a trio of dangerous outsiders interrupt the deadly weekend getaway Dan and Lisa had planned, what should have been a game of marital cat and mouse turns into a deliciously gory, if overly protracted, battle for survival.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Matrimony is murder in director Jorma Taccone‘s gory marital dark comedy Over Your Dead Body, which made its world premiere Saturday at SXSW.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
After all, an opera audience is unlikely to look kindly on a VR world and certainly not on a man using it to substitute for his real-life marital problems.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
But when a trio of dangerous outsiders interrupt the deadly weekend getaway Dan and Lisa had planned, what should have been a game of marital cat and mouse turns into a deliciously gory, if overly protracted, battle for survival.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Matrimony is murder in director Jorma Taccone‘s gory marital dark comedy Over Your Dead Body, which made its world premiere Saturday at SXSW.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marital
Adjective
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Composed at Rose’s prompting and anticipating Flanagan’s extraordinary Pain Journal, the volume is so direct in its account of the couple’s conjugal life that the Indian authorities tossed its original print run into the ocean before the books could ship from Chennai to New York.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Shortly after spurning his conjugal love tent vehicle, Colby received a call from Pontiac with a proposition.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Need to know more about this matrimonial trailer stat.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2026
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With over 35 scenic venues within 15 miles, the area offers a variety of backdrops to enhance every type of matrimonial celebration.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In tax year 2025, the standard deduction is $15,750 for single filers or married couples filing separately, $31,500 for married couples filing jointly and $23,625 for heads of household.—
Brian Sloan,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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For example, Booker would increase the standard deduction from $31,500 for married couples to $75,000, which would eliminate taxes for working-class families but yield its biggest benefit for those higher on the income scale.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Boston and director Weronika Tofilska (who helmed the premiere episode, among others) draw out the gruesome undertones of familiar nuptial tropes with a sly and twisted sense of humor.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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The couple couldn’t risk sending their event programs to be printed at a copier shop in case a nosy shop worker snuck a photo of the nuptial details to a reporter.—
Kate Storey,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The latest installment follows the central friends-to-lovers romance of Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), ending with their connubial bliss and a new Bridgerton baby, the future new Lord Featherington.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
13 June 2024
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Over the last five months, Sydney Steinberg and Noah Findling have invited listeners into their connubial bed several times a week to hear about their lives as an entertainment power couple.—
Marc Hershon,
Vulture,
26 July 2023
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marital. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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