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Recent Examples of promiscuity
Some argue that the HPV vaccine encourages promiscuity, an allegation that has been thoroughly debunked.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuity
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In addition, Swazi law has a different definition of adultery for men and for women.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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Certain artistic genres were employed to publicize and critique changes to laws regarding adultery and divorce.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
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And when will Conrad find out about Jeremiah's infidelity in Cabo?—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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This episode of It's Been a Minute discusses, with the help of some special guests, why the fear of infidelity haunts American culture and dating lives.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
15 Aug. 2025
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Thus far, this prosecution, and a corresponding case against the gang in Sacramento, have been rife with evidence of treachery and violence inside and outside of prison.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
31 July 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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In March, Justice Barrett joined Justice John Roberts and the liberal justices in blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to freeze $2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development funds, prompting fierce backlash from Make America Great Again conservatives who saw it as disloyalty.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
28 July 2025
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Leaders can flip this narrative by framing reporting as an act of strength and loyalty, not disloyalty.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
6 July 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 oversight group also submitted a complaint to the Office of Congressional Conduct, which until this year was called the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent entity that reviews allegations of misconduct against House members and staff.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Yet they are being used in a context wherein being judged guilty carries quite significant consequences—suspension and expulsion are on the cards if one is convicted of academic misconduct.—
Christian Perry,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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