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Recent Examples of monogamy
Commitment, monogamy and trust have often been framed as mechanisms to preserve sameness and predictability — promising a kind of order that keeps chaos at bay.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Global monogamy is overrated, and there’s something to be said for dating around.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
Among many other things, Firestone wanted to abolish gender, capitalism, monogamy, childbirth, and the nuclear family model.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Aging, parenting adult children, long-term monogamy and stresses on old friendships are examined over lengthy dinner-table scenes.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Global monogamy is overrated, and there’s something to be said for dating around.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
Among many other things, Firestone wanted to abolish gender, capitalism, monogamy, childbirth, and the nuclear family model.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Aging, parenting adult children, long-term monogamy and stresses on old friendships are examined over lengthy dinner-table scenes.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monogamy
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The show includes stories from survivors and ex-members of the polygamy-practicing group.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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In July 2025, Uganda’s courts swiftly dismissed a petition challenging the legality of polygamy, citing the protection of religious and cultural freedom.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Other researchers, such as anthropologist Joseph Henrich, even go as far as to credit Christianity’s derision of polygyny as a driving force of Western prosperity.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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To me, jobs in this industry feel like a bunch of little marriages.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
25 Aug. 2025
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The notion of destroying marriages and undoing family relationships would be extremely difficult for the Court to justify.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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One particular enemy of Gauguin’s was Bishop Martin, a Catholic priest on Hiva Oa who did his best to stomp out local custom, forbidding tattooing, Polynesian dancing, and the customary practice of polyandry.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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As Sportico reported, OHSAA has considered proposals to drop its ban and intends to accelerate review of another proposal to do so.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The company reported that the Nashville Snooki Shop leads all four locations in daily sales, content engagement and foot traffic.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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Markle publicly congratulated the couple and liked Swift’s Instagram announcement of her engagement to Kelce.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Oct. 2025
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Africa’s leading banking groups are targeting DR Congo, enticed by one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies and the promise of a lucrative mining sector, despite the ongoing conflict in the country’s east.—
Ruben Nyanguila,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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For now, the region appears cautiously hopeful that the tone has changed, and that Washington’s promises of partnership will be matched by consistency in policy.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
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But the line between celebrating and capitalizing on the betrothal — or any other pop culture moment — can be tough for brands to balance.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
27 Aug. 2025
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That said, The Magician of Tiger Castle did initially start out as a YA romcom about Princess Tullia escaping her betrothal to the neighboring kingdom’s awful prince.—
Natalie Zutter
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Monogamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monogamy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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