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as in match
a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people
some religions consider marriage a sacrament
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Recent Examples of marriage
Thornton answered questions about his artistry in acting and music, spanning from the start of his career to his lack of formal acting training to his previous marriages.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Both marriages ended in divorce in 2010, and Rimes and Cibrian married the following year in a private ceremony.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
By all accounts, this was one of her friendliest marriages, producing two sons and no hard feelings.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
There’s blame, there’s grief that gets in the way and a lot of marriages don’t survive that.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Both marriages ended in divorce in 2010, and Rimes and Cibrian married the following year in a private ceremony.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
By all accounts, this was one of her friendliest marriages, producing two sons and no hard feelings.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
There’s blame, there’s grief that gets in the way and a lot of marriages don’t survive that.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marriage
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British police said six people were arrested Thursday ahead of the Israeli team's match against Aston Villa in a Europa League match.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Lionel Messi’s first-half double ensured Miami would go through, all despite Luis Suárez serving a one-match suspension.—
Avi Creditor,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The courthouse is named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban-American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Drea Nicole and Lex P, the hosts of the Pour Minds podcast, act as caterers of Walker’s wedding while gossiping about her A-list guests.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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This union will be especially fragile, given that the two parties at the altar would like to kill each other (a condition that I am told usually takes decades of Anglican matrimony).—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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The couple, who have two children and four grandchildren, were able to celebrate another year of matrimony at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center thanks to the emergency responders.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the program appears to rely heavily on sensationalized accounts from secondary sources with no direct knowledge or relationship with him or his family.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Several prominent business leaders have already voiced cautious optimism, seeing in Mamdani a chance to reset the relationship between City Hall and commerce.—
Sally Susman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Born out of wedlock to a celebrated general, Hedda’s father has left her with only his opulent, Chekhovian gun collection and a precarious foothold in high society.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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In 1918, Soviet women were given the right to higher education, equal pay, no-fault civil divorce, child support (including for children born out of wedlock), paid maternity leave, and access to free maternity hospitals.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marriage. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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