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as in to wed
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in to match
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in to remarry
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in to mate
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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Recent Examples of marry Kotcheff later married again, to Laifun Chun, who would serve as a producing partner on some projects. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025 Abrego Garcia later married Vasquez Sura in a Maryland detention center, according to court filings. Time, 11 Apr. 2025 Final Thoughts In 2025, the winning marketers will be those who effectively marry technology with human creativity. Anthony Chiaravallo, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 She and Scott Shriner, the bassist for the rock band Weezer, have been married since 2005. Dan Heching, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marry
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  • She was relegated to the cheap seats because her vote was needed to keep Johnson wedded to the gavel.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Microsoft has been pushing Edge hard for some time now, with nags and security warnings to urge the vast majority of Windows users wedded to Chrome to the Edge.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • What to know about Mega Millions To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball.
    Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Retreat Linen Top and matching Mid-rise Shorts, both over 40 percent off, can be styled together for a polished resort outfit or worn separately with basics for casual, everyday wear.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
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  • Last summer, the family relocated about 60 miles from their previous home to accommodate the children's new living situation after their biological mother remarried and moved to another part of the state.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • And so, to be able to do that and remarry both of those lives, my music and my military on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry was a very special thing.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • If the weather is consistently warm and dry, the cicadas will finish mating sooner rather than later, which would mean a shorter season.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Whether the existing dire wolves or others Colossal might produce will be allowed to mate and spawn a next generation of wolves naturally is not yet known.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • An old John Lennon demo was transformed into a complete song by isolating his vocals (and George Harrison’s guitar tone) and combining that with new recordings from the rest of the living band.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The rug combines neutral and rich colors and blends with various decor styles.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • What’s been great is that this show connected so quickly.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • One of the male suspects connected to the hit-and-run was detained and subsequently released by the California Highway Patrol but other two suspects were not located.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • The Affordable Care Act commits the feds to paying for 90% of the cost of covering this expansion population.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The two are committed as of this writing to participate again, and there’s some amount of pressure placed on the most recent champion to return to the event.
    Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Antitrust enforcers have proposed far-reaching measures designed to quickly open the search market and give new competitors a leg up.
    Jody Godoy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • One thing is for sure: If the mayor proposes new reductions to the controller’s office, Mejia will make sure the public knows about it.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marry. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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