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Recent Examples of marriageableThe true amount was probably less, but Ming Tai was a successful businessman, and marriageable Chinese women were incredibly scarce in New York.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026 As fighting began, the three eldest Schuylers—now marriageable young ladies—attended dancing assemblies, on the lookout for mates.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025 Sweet and kind Elodie is merely the latest in a long line of marriageable young dupes.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2024 In India, the legal marriageable age is 21 for men and 18 for women.—
Wasbir Hussain,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Feb. 2023 Once Rhaenyra becomes marriageable, Viserys fields a plethora of suitors for her hand.—
David Routt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Oct. 2022 The decline is partly due to decades of policies designed to limit China's population growth, which mean there are fewer young people of marriageable age, according to Chinese officials and sociologists.—
Jessie Yeung and Cnn's Beijing Bureau,
CNN,
1 Sep. 2022 Yes, Bridgerton is back, and with it the debut of a new social season, along with a fresh crop of marriageable lords and ladies.—
Katie Rife,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2022 Despite Francois’ infrequent appearances, something is brewing between him and Maria, who’s now of marriageable age.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Sep. 2021
Each iron atom carries four or five unpaired electrons whose behavior depends on that of the others.
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Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
In a full-sized EPR machine, the sample under examination is placed between two poles of a powerful electromagnet, aligning the spins of the unpaired electrons.
State Farm, California’s largest auto insurer, charged the same for married and unmarried drivers.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Aug. 2026
In the past decade or so, happiness rates have declined precipitously for unmarried adults—regardless of education level—much more so than for those who are married, Yifeng Wan, a researcher at the University of Virginia, has found.
Special rules apply to adopted, kidnapped, or foster children; those who were born and died in the same year; and children of divorced or separated parents.
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Nancy Ashburn,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Aug. 2026
The divorced couple has also been involved in a bitter custody battle over their 2-year-old daughter.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 July 2026