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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
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Sheeran wedded his childhood friend and former schoolmate, Cherry Seaborn, in 2019, and the happy couple have two kids.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
Yet, even as India remains wedded to the dirtiest fossil fuel, its coal consumption is roughly 40% of China’s at the same stage of development, Ember found.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
If anything, Amorim proved too defiantly wedded to his own ‘way’, a 3-4-2-1 system which had to force-fit players into unnatural roles.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The encyclopedia’s format remains wedded to the information-dense, text-heavy style of Encyclopaedia Britannica—the very model Wikipedia was designed to replace.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
Moreover, some in Merz’s caucus are not wedded to sustaining the firewall against the AfD and envision cooperation with the far-right party, an idea Merz absolutely rejects.
—Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025
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
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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
Sheeran wedded his childhood friend and former schoolmate, Cherry Seaborn, in 2019, and the happy couple have two kids.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
Yet, even as India remains wedded to the dirtiest fossil fuel, its coal consumption is roughly 40% of China’s at the same stage of development, Ember found.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
If anything, Amorim proved too defiantly wedded to his own ‘way’, a 3-4-2-1 system which had to force-fit players into unnatural roles.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The encyclopedia’s format remains wedded to the information-dense, text-heavy style of Encyclopaedia Britannica—the very model Wikipedia was designed to replace.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
Moreover, some in Merz’s caucus are not wedded to sustaining the firewall against the AfD and envision cooperation with the far-right party, an idea Merz absolutely rejects.
—Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedded
Adjective
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The feature follows David and Ina Steiner, a married couple running an e-commerce blog to help small sellers on eBay, who found themselves under siege.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Those most likely to own stocks include adults in households that earn $100,000 or more, college graduates and married adults, according to Gallup.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Attacks on Paxton focused on his bribery allegations and marital drama.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the boy’s father, Brendan (Wallace), is all in on the notion, perhaps as a way of atoning for his own past marital sins.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Wedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedded. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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