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wedded

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verb

variants also wed
past tense of wed
1
as in espoused
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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2
as in connected
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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3
as in remarried
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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4
as in proposed
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wedded
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The break-up, announced in January, was a surprise because Carter, who succeeded Paul Keel as chief executive in March 2024, had run both Smiths Detection and Smiths Interconnect earlier in his career and some investors perceived him as wedded to them. Ian King, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 One of my favorite books about the Constitution, by historian Michael Kammen, argues the paradox of Americans’ relationship to the Constitution is that people appear to be so wholly wedded to a document that so few have ever read for themselves. Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025 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
  • The couple married in 2014, welcoming their first child in 2015 and their second child in 2020.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Away from the cameras, Beghe was previously married to fellow actress Angie Janu.
    Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This kind of marital embedding involves a whole lotta acting, as Elizabeth Lo’s compelling documentary reveals, but also uncovers a whole world of loneliness, heartache and occasional wisdom.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Pino carried out this change despite a Miami-Dade judge’s order in the couple’s long-running divorce case that prohibited him from disposing of their marital assets, according to her lawyers.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Wedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedded. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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