as in marriage
a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people
joined the happy couple in holy wedlock
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Recent Examples of wedlock
But according to legal documents in the case, prosecutors argue that the Salvadoran Constitution changed in 1983, eliminating legal distinctions between children born in or out of wedlock.
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Albinson Linares, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
In episode four, the Sea Snake refuses to show him any affection, and blocks his rise up the ranks, simply because he was born out of wedlock.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Alfonsina, who fell pregnant by a colleague and had the child outside of wedlock.
—Teresa Grøtan (tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024
Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Albinson Linares, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
In episode four, the Sea Snake refuses to show him any affection, and blocks his rise up the ranks, simply because he was born out of wedlock.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Alfonsina, who fell pregnant by a colleague and had the child outside of wedlock.
—Teresa Grøtan (tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024
Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedlock
marriage
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Most marriages experience bumps in the road, but what happens when those bumps turn into forks?—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
5 June 2025
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The unusual timeline was the result of second marriages and late-in-life fatherhood for the former president and, later, one of his sons.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedlock. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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