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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.
His mother, Francesca, was unmarried and forced by her family to give him up.
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Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
12 July 2026
To claim Head of Household (HOH), the taxpayer generally must be unmarried (single, legally separated, divorced, or widowed) or be considered unmarried, pay more than half the cost of maintaining the home, and have a qualifying person.
In the midst of starring as Cosmo Kramer over the show’s nine-year run, Richards and his wife of 18 years, Cathleen Lyons, divorced.
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Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
17 July 2026
Maude Findlay is a white, upper-middle-class housewife living in Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter; Carol Traynor, her divorced daughter; and Carol’s young son.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 July 2026