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as in mated
to take a spouse
she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong
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as in combined
to come together to form a single unit
white wine and chicken marry especially well
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Recent Examples of married
Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 June 2026
The actress is now married to Andrew Frankel, a businessman; they wed in October 2015.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
The former couple got married in 2016 and renewed their vows in 2023.
—Staff Author, InStyle, 16 June 2026
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Adjective
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are officially a married couple.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 June 2026
The actress is now married to Andrew Frankel, a businessman; they wed in October 2015.
—Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Verb
We have been married for 29 years.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
The former couple got married in 2016 and renewed their vows in 2023.
—Staff Author, InStyle, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for married
Adjective
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The women had been close friends while studying for their doctorates some years earlier, but Catherine has since grown resentful of Leonora’s career, and dismissive of women whose scholarly ambitions come before marital subservience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Abigail Cowen gets off to a rough start as Percy’s almost cartoonishly catty ex-friend, but eventually matures into a real bright spot as Delilah’s marital troubles get a funny-sad subplot of their own.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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Walton connected in the fifth for his first major league homer since 2024 and only the fifth of his seven-year career.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Research suggests that career achievement and mental health are deeply connected.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Victor Wembanyama has 16 points, Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper each have 15, and De'Aaron Fox has 13 points to lead the Spurs, who have made 60% of their field goals and committed just two turnovers.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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The team is nationally minded and committed to lifting as many voices as loud as possible.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Keeping players on board and engaged, particularly those not involved in matches, is critical.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Some people love wedding planning and being engaged.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 July 2025
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Under the hood of the final Bolide is a W-16 engine making 1,578 horsepower, mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
1 Dec. 2025
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This is where the grizzlies played, fought and mated in the summer months.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Nov. 2025
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For context, Federico Chiesa has nine combined in 153 minutes for Liverpool this season, all as a substitute.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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To analyse the event, the team combined X-ray data from NASA’s Swift Observatory with radio measurements from the Very Large Array.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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That’s not because the drug didn’t work or was found to be unsafe, Sikiric said, but because the people at GSK were wedded to their own projects.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Polls put Vannacci's Futuro Nazionale at around 4% to nearly 5%, a potentially decisive share with Italy’s main center-right and center-left blocs closely matched.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Mega Ball in the drawing Friday, June 12, with a 3x multiplier, the California State Lottery said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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“Married.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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