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Recent Examples of wedlock Greater visibility, including celebrities having children out of wedlock, has also contributed to the shift. Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025 Was the boy born out of wedlock or has Saul simply snapped? Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock. Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025 Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock. H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wedlock
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marriage
Noun
  • Their son, Monty, was born in 2017, with each having one child from their previous marriages.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • Off-screen, many of them have been in marriages for almost the same amount of time.
    Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 9 July 2025

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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedlock. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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