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as in coupled
to take a spouse
she swore that she would never wed
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Recent Examples of wedded
Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 1 June 2026
The trouble was Genesis’s EV-centric plan fizzled out as sales stalled, while Europeans stayed wedded to the German monopoly.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
These are filmmakers who became wedded to the idea of going to hell and back.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
The startup’s new partnership with Mastercard lets Rain target larger institutions who are already wedded to one payments network, Farooq Malik, cofounder and CEO, told Fortune.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Pressing aggressively, in the way that Arsenal did at the Etihad, won’t work every week because few teams will be as wedded to playing out from the back as City — something that was to the home side’s detriment on Sunday, when Gianluigi Donnarumma conceded a farcical goal.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Russia continues to be wedded to a method of war that relies on attrition, scale and firepower.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Pitt is of the school of pal Bradley Cooper, wedded to bootcut jeans, bucket hats, and big label staples.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
That’s not because the drug didn’t work or was found to be unsafe, Sikiric said, but because the people at GSK were wedded to their own projects.
—Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 1 June 2026
The trouble was Genesis’s EV-centric plan fizzled out as sales stalled, while Europeans stayed wedded to the German monopoly.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
These are filmmakers who became wedded to the idea of going to hell and back.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
The startup’s new partnership with Mastercard lets Rain target larger institutions who are already wedded to one payments network, Farooq Malik, cofounder and CEO, told Fortune.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Pressing aggressively, in the way that Arsenal did at the Etihad, won’t work every week because few teams will be as wedded to playing out from the back as City — something that was to the home side’s detriment on Sunday, when Gianluigi Donnarumma conceded a farcical goal.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Russia continues to be wedded to a method of war that relies on attrition, scale and firepower.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Pitt is of the school of pal Bradley Cooper, wedded to bootcut jeans, bucket hats, and big label staples.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedded
Adjective
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The couple married in the Cotswolds in a wedding attended by King Charles, Queen Camilla, the Princess Royal, her first husband, Peter and Zara's father, Captain Mark Phillips, Prince William, Kate Middleton and more members of the royal family.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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At 24, Betty West—as Harkness was known at the time—met and married photographer Dickson Pierce.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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The women had been close friends while studying for their doctorates some years earlier, but Catherine has since grown resentful of Leonora’s career, and dismissive of women whose scholarly ambitions come before marital subservience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Abigail Cowen gets off to a rough start as Percy’s almost cartoonishly catty ex-friend, but eventually matures into a real bright spot as Delilah’s marital troubles get a funny-sad subplot of their own.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Wedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedded. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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