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Recent Examples on the Web Seesawing between the two time periods, the play opens in the late ‘70s during a debilitating heat wave, with unmarried Jill (Helena Wilson) — who has remained in the home with their declining mum — awaiting the arrival of two of her siblings, Ruby (Ophelia Lovibond) and Gloria (Leanne Best). Frank Rizzo, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024 Now, adults without children, both married and unmarried, are better off than than their peers with kids, in terms of median wealth and retirement savings, a separate Pew Research Center study found in May. Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024 The Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to be ordained, arguing in part, that clergy should be unmarried men in the image of Jesus and his 12 disciples. Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024 In a May 1992 speech on family values to the Commonwealth Club of California, then Vice President Dan Quayle ragged on the decision of the unmarried news anchor to have a child. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unmarried 

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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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