marriageable

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Recent Examples of marriageable 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 Mai acts with the license of a woman who has the wealth of three marriageable sons. James Wood, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marriageable
Adjective
  • In ordinary magnetic materials, unpaired electrons behave like tiny compasses and eventually align with one another.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The unpaired male wolf was a member of the Copper Creek pack, but left the pack in the fall of 2025.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • So yes, Mary might have remained unmarried without George.
    Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
  • But Jo, the aspiring writer, is at the center of the narrative, as the sister trying to imagine a life outside of what is expected of her as a young, unmarried woman.
    Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Their parents, who are divorced and live back in their home state of New Jersey, will also likely make an appearance.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Pine stars as a divorced father who is juggling his medical practice and raising his anxious daughter when an old high school girlfriend reenters the picture.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026

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“Marriageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marriageable. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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