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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
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As China’s economy has grown, so too has its incidence of adultery.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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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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The album details alleged infidelity by a partner, assumed to be Harbour.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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Directed by Kim Ki-young, the film is a cautionary tale about the dangers of infidelity, following a couple that hires a maid to help around the house while the wife is pregnant, only to have the young woman (Lee Eun-shim) destroy the family from the inside out.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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That shift—from policy disagreement to accusations of disloyalty—is not accidental.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … 'DISAPPOINTED' – Biden's son slams Harris memoir for disloyalty to father's administration.—
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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One major influence in the vibe shift was the free love movement, represented here by characters from some of the most memorable romances ever made—among them Breathless, West Side Story, and Annie Hall.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Woodstock was the peak of the hippie movement, which revolved around free love, recreational drug use and opposition to the Vietnam War.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Their perfidy is memorialized in the English language, though.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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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
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That gap gives congregations wide latitude to hire and restore youth pastors, worship leaders and other associate ministers — including those with histories of misconduct.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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Springfield officials, meanwhile, called for a review of the department's hiring practices after previous allegations of misconduct against Grayson were revealed.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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