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Recent Examples of promiscuity
This shows that there are many paths to a peaceful existence, and both monogamy and promiscuity can get you there.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Puritans went so far as to outlaw the celebration of Christmas in New England in 1659 because revelry often included feasting, drunkenness and promiscuity – not acceptable ways to honor the birth of Christ.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
Nowadays, his audaciously eccentric nature, along with his extreme promiscuity, is souring into something far less palatable: a litany of horrific accusations.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
Russia is a conservative society that viewed the years of Yeltsin’s rule, and its onslaught of pornography and promiscuity, with horror.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Puritans went so far as to outlaw the celebration of Christmas in New England in 1659 because revelry often included feasting, drunkenness and promiscuity – not acceptable ways to honor the birth of Christ.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
Nowadays, his audaciously eccentric nature, along with his extreme promiscuity, is souring into something far less palatable: a litany of horrific accusations.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
Russia is a conservative society that viewed the years of Yeltsin’s rule, and its onslaught of pornography and promiscuity, with horror.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuity
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Every look with such an irregular desire is in our Savior’s opinion a virtual adultery. . . .—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The sixth commandment in Catholic teaching prohibits adultery.—
Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The post was accompanied by a series of hashtags that included #divorce, #cheating and #infidelity.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Creators shared videos about pregnancy horror stories, infidelity and threats of domestic violence, opening up a conversation about how young people use humor as a coping mechanism to talk about traumatic events.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The six-parter, to debut July 14, follows six groups of friends, and six historical cases of murder and treachery among them.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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But amid the bloodbaths and treacheries, Westeros still penciled in time for a little romance — some more compelling than others (Jon and Ygritte > Jon and Daenerys).—
Tyler Aquilina,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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More cunningly, this also serves to instill you with guilt: as though refusing to align with their viewpoints equates to a signal of disloyalty.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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One video aims to appeal to senior Communist Party officials who live in perpetual fear of being snapped up by Xi’s seemingly endless crackdown on corruption and disloyalty.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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The oldest celebrity on this week’s arts pick list, however, has to be Victoria Woodhull, the spirited feminist, spiritualist and advocate of free love who died 98 years ago at the age of 88.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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There are presentations that are very much about sexuality, eroticism, gender, free love, other forms of erotic families or erotic communities, and erotic practices.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
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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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The response made mention of the allegations against Fleming of misconduct.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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The county’s voters in March passed Measure A, which granted the supervisors the ability to oust Sheriff Christina Corpus for misconduct.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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