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as in remarried
to take a spouse
she swore that she would never wed
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Recent Examples of wedded
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
But this daughter-in-law, now wedded for many years to the older son, was at the funeral, fine lines around her mouth, holding a boy to her side.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Meryl Streep’s schedule presumably explains why Loretta, newly wedded to Martin Short’s Oliver, spends the first half of the latest Only Murders in the Building season off-screen.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Camus’ slim novel is wedded to Meursault’s point-of-view and he is framed as a man ultimately condemned by his failure to appropriately perform grief, with the wider social implications of his character left to the reader to unpack.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
For better or worse, the Giants are wedded to their position player core of Chapman, Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Still, Benny says, they were never wedded to being a duo.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
But this daughter-in-law, now wedded for many years to the older son, was at the funeral, fine lines around her mouth, holding a boy to her side.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Meryl Streep’s schedule presumably explains why Loretta, newly wedded to Martin Short’s Oliver, spends the first half of the latest Only Murders in the Building season off-screen.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Camus’ slim novel is wedded to Meursault’s point-of-view and he is framed as a man ultimately condemned by his failure to appropriately perform grief, with the wider social implications of his character left to the reader to unpack.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
For better or worse, the Giants are wedded to their position player core of Chapman, Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedded
Adjective
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The event, hosted by Citizen and Zales, will celebrate 20 married couples whose 2020 weddings were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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In 1962, National Geographic sent a Dutch photographer named Hugo van Lawick to capture her work, and after some initial trepidation, the two became close and later married.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Generational conflict makes this tension worse where young people reject traditional marital expectations, but still feel the pressure to tie the knot, according to the study.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Plans for a marital dissolution seem to have been in the works prior to that date, however.—
Sean Mandell,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Wedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedded. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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