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Recent Examples of polyamory
Now Isabelle worked in television and practiced polyamory.
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Some surveys suggest that Gen Z is kinkier than older people, and particularly open to polyamory.
—Molly Langmuir, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Importantly, Miller says monkey barring is fundamentally different from polyamory — while the latter refers to loving multiple people at once and requires the consent of everyone involved, the former is arguably a form of infidelity.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Is this whole thing a parable about the dangers of polyamory?
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Some surveys suggest that Gen Z is kinkier than older people, and particularly open to polyamory.
—Molly Langmuir, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Importantly, Miller says monkey barring is fundamentally different from polyamory — while the latter refers to loving multiple people at once and requires the consent of everyone involved, the former is arguably a form of infidelity.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Is this whole thing a parable about the dangers of polyamory?
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyamory
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Debuting on the network in 2010, four years after American culture became obsessed with polygamy thanks to HBO’s Big Love, the series has since gained a significant following and is still airing.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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The history of the thing is interesting but vague—a general shift towards monogamy started about three and a half million years ago, but most human societies (around 85% of them) have permitted polygamy too.—
Eva Wiseman,
Vogue,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In Queen Mother, Farmer takes a clear-eyed look at Moore’s foibles, noting her absenteeism during her son’s formative years, her embrace of patriarchal hierarchy in Black communities, and her exhortations for Black women to embrace polygyny to facilitate nation building.—
Dara T. Mathis,
The Atlantic,
16 Dec. 2025
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In short, there remain multiple ways polygyny can be harmful.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Clark also sells the app as a way to spice up their marriages, not as a choice that invites divorce.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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Over 4,000 couples were married, including Rosie O’Donnell and her partner, Kelli Carpenter, before the California Supreme Court later voided the marriages.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Peter’s only vanquishing is an ego-death, as he’s forced to release his fixation with monogamy and acknowledge the complexities of relationships.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Feb. 2026
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This one seems to be monogamy, this one is, like, three or four baby mothers.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
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North Carolina classifies bigamy as a Class I felony, and the charge can result in imprisonment for anyone who knowingly marries while still legally married to another person.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Three wives in three counties may just be the start for a man facing felony bigamy charges in North Carolina, investigators say.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 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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Lucy works as a high-end matchmaker for New York’s elite while cooly observing that only a very wealthy husband will ever (to paraphrase Elizabeth Bennet) induce her into matrimony.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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The three couples — who have 179 years of matrimony between them — soon got together to see the dress, all those years later, and to pass it into Vanderpool's possession for the day her granddaughter gets married.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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Acknowledging that most civil law now permits legitimization after the fact, some jurisdictions still discriminate against a child born out of wedlock.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Born out of wedlock to a teenage mom, growing up under the oppressive cloud of segregation, confined to schools, sports facilities, movie theaters that were separate and unequal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Polyamory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyamory. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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