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Recent Examples of marriageable
Sweet and kind Elodie is merely the latest in a long line of marriageable young dupes.
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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
Mai acts with the license of a woman who has the wealth of three marriageable sons.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
All the components of a traditional fairytale are present in the story: warring kings, a marriageable princess, fairies, a prince, enchantments, a villainess.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
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
Mai acts with the license of a woman who has the wealth of three marriageable sons.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
All the components of a traditional fairytale are present in the story: warring kings, a marriageable princess, fairies, a prince, enchantments, a villainess.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marriageable
Adjective
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Hydrogen peroxide forms as a byproduct when energetic particles break apart water molecules, leading to the recombination of OH radicals — highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
23 July 2025
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And the more unpaired spins a molecule has, the more complicated the interactions among them.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The share of prime-age adults (25 to 55) who were married fell from 83 percent in 1960 to 57 percent in 2010, according to census data, and the share of children born to unmarried parents rose from 5 to 41 percent.—
Brad Wilcox,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2025
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About 40% of all births are to unmarried women, according to the U.S. Census, which is double the rate from 40 years ago.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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“Marriageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marriageable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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