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Recent Examples of promiscuity
Hector, then 28, mentored young actors and fretted about promoting promiscuity.
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Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Some argue that the HPV vaccine encourages promiscuity, an allegation that has been thoroughly debunked.
—Lisa Doggett, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
The novel follows the green and all-too-relatable young girl as she is shaped by both her mother Melena's promiscuity and her father Frex's piety.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
This shows that there are many paths to a peaceful existence, and both monogamy and promiscuity can get you there.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Some argue that the HPV vaccine encourages promiscuity, an allegation that has been thoroughly debunked.
—Lisa Doggett, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
The novel follows the green and all-too-relatable young girl as she is shaped by both her mother Melena's promiscuity and her father Frex's piety.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
This shows that there are many paths to a peaceful existence, and both monogamy and promiscuity can get you there.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuity
Noun
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Unhappy unions loom large in the novel, which teems with adultery.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wole’s infidelity is an important inciting incident, but this moment of personal reckoning was inevitable.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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This type of infidelity can stem from dissatisfaction in the relationship or a desire for something different.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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When does compromise become treachery or defeat?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many of China’s top military officials have been purged during Xi’s third term on charges of corruption or disloyalty.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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A lot of disloyalty this season with lots of empty words.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their perfidy is memorialized in the English language, though.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The prior month, Vice President JD Vance had lodged his own complaints about Europe’s alleged perfidy, threatening that the United States might withdraw its security guarantees from Europe if the EU continued to aggressively regulate U.S. tech companies.—
ANU BRADFORD,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records.—
Lateshia Beachum,
Washington Post,
3 Oct. 2019
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North Carolina is one of about a half-dozen states that allow lawsuits accusing a cheating spouse’s lover of alienation of affection and criminal conversation.—
EMERY P. DALESIO,
The Seattle Times,
5 Sep. 2017
Noun
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Ottawa’s best players were out of sync, took too many penalties and were literally left battered and bloody after fights and misconduct penalties.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Previous stars include Curtiss Cook, who left after season 6, Ntare Mwine, who left after season 3, and original series star Jason Mitchell, who was dropped from The Chi in 2019 amid misconduct allegations.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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