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
All of Ibsen is there – the murderous marital ennui, the broiling rage under the bourgeois façade – but DaCosta has made one key change to the original play.
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Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
But there’s more driving his choice than marital duty.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Jelly Roll and his wife are opting for some marital martial arts.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
The confrontation took place at a birthday party in 1989, long before the affair between Charles and Camilla and the marital issues between Charles and Diana were even public knowledge.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2025
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Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
But there’s more driving his choice than marital duty.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Jelly Roll and his wife are opting for some marital martial arts.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
The confrontation took place at a birthday party in 1989, long before the affair between Charles and Camilla and the marital issues between Charles and Diana were even public knowledge.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marital
Adjective
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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
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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Before jumping all in, consider grabbing your matrimonial attorney, talent manager, and financial advisory team for a chat.—
Morgan Mouchette,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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One goes into any union—automotive or matrimonial—with high hopes and unwavering commitment.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The film portrays a married couple balancing their dreams of becoming full-time artists with a desire to have children, only to get a surreal opportunity to do both by winning a supermarket game show.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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As part of her ruling, Kreuziger barred McQueen, 59, from saying Lawrence Kenyon poisoned or attempted to poison her while they were married.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The princess bride was escorted down the aisle by her father, the future reigning prince of Liechtenstein, and the nuptial mass music was performed by the St Florin Vaduz Church Choir and Schola St Florin.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And since colonies are ever-expanding, males and virgin queens-to-be will leave their colonies and embark on nuptial flight.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2025
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 11 Sep. 2025.
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