mixed marriage

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Recent Examples of mixed marriage His mother, Marie Jillich, went by Miriam to appease her in-laws who disapproved of the mixed marriage. Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed marriage
Noun
  • President Trump has four other children from his previous marriages who were also present.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • From decades-long marriages to young love, see the significant others of these Sweet Magnolias stars.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • James Van Der Beek's first wife, Heather McComb, said that the late Dawson's Creek star blessed her recent remarriage to Scott Michael Campbell.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • Peter and Harriet won't be the first remarriage among the British royal family.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But intermarriage could not protect the indigenous peoples, and through wars, disease, and famine their numbers continued to wane.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nancy Buirski's documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who fought Virginia's Jim Crow-era miscegenation laws, eschews narration, instead using archival footage and interviews with those involved to tell a quiet but forceful story that is both a cry for justice and a romance.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The press, however—fearing backlash to its positive depiction of interracial romance—rewrote the conclusion without Grey’s knowledge or consent, killing off Nophaie and the offending prospect of miscegenation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The A-list couple is rumored to be celebrating their matrimony on Friday, July 3, at Madison Square Garden, though most details about the big day remain under lock and key.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Both Liz and Kate are women who don’t want matrimony to be the be-all and end-all of their lives—and who therefore tend to sideline or overlook their partners.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • The dream comes true for Evelyn, who marries a wealthy surgeon living in New York; meanwhile, Maggie is living in shame back home, after becoming pregnant out of wedlock.
    Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • Wilde navigates the tonal shifts with authority, delivering surprises along the way, including an ending that somehow delivers hope for the institution of wedlock.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • For some celebrity couples, though, strict monogamy isn’t the answer to a successful relationship.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
  • The hierarchy of traditional monogamy became really blatantly clear that…something was broken there.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026

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“Mixed marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20marriage. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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