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Recent Examples of promiscuity
Interiors celebrate promiscuity, and the serpentine symbol that marks the entrance hall carpet can be spotted on the jewelry of staff uniforms.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
The role of Carmen was played with fiery promiscuity by ballerina Ariana Gonzalez, who was flirtatious with a fan in one scene and brandishing a knife in another.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Wind words proliferated and spread with untamed promiscuity, as did wind gods, all around the planet.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter is, sometimes accidentally but more often on purpose, a lightning rod, the kind of pop star whose art and humor consistently get hoovered up into the overarching fights over women’s promiscuity and desirability.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
The role of Carmen was played with fiery promiscuity by ballerina Ariana Gonzalez, who was flirtatious with a fan in one scene and brandishing a knife in another.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Wind words proliferated and spread with untamed promiscuity, as did wind gods, all around the planet.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter is, sometimes accidentally but more often on purpose, a lightning rod, the kind of pop star whose art and humor consistently get hoovered up into the overarching fights over women’s promiscuity and desirability.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuity
Noun
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His wife filed for divorce in 2025 after accusing him of adultery.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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That same day, the then-Prince Charles had confessed his adultery on television.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Allegations of infidelity have followed Attorney General Ken Paxton while on the campaign trail.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Ruth Wilson played Alison Bailey for four seasons on The Affair, Showtime's steamy drama about marital infidelity and its surprisingly deadly consequences for two couples.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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Upon learning of Ava’s treachery, Deborah HOWLS.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Inflamed by Ratansen’s adviser’s account of Padmavati’s beauty, Alauddin Khalji storms the fortress by treachery rather than valor.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Doubt starts to feel like disloyalty.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Discontent with congressional inaction also became an issue in Massie’s primary, as what was long celebrated as independence and principle was instead framed as disloyalty, grandstanding, and mindless obstructionism.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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His is a more enlightened era, but Hannes, lonely and withdrawn, doesn’t share his classmates’ interest in campus sit-ins and free love.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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While there was a sprinkling of back-to-the-land hippies in my town, the free love and sexuality fluidity of the 1960s hadn’t reached us.—
Jennifer Acker,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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Years ago, during his first term, Trump was lamenting the perfidy of his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
12 Nov. 2025
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According to the verdict form, the jury found Kennard liable for $250,000 for the criminal conversation claim and awarded another $1.5 million in damages for the alienation of affection claim.—
Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
12 Nov. 2025
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She was also convicted of first-degree official misconduct, failure to comply with an order from the Secretary of State and violation of duty − all misdemeanor charges.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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And while not every improper payment reflects criminal misconduct, the magnitude of questionable spending points to deep structural weaknesses in how the program is administered.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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