marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
ˈma-rə-
1
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
marital vows
2
archaic
: of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage
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Examples of marital in a Sentence
They've been having marital problems.
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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In Challengers, O’Connor’s character is presented as a wild foil to the rigidity of Tashi and Art in their hyper-structured marital world.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2024
Another allegation, among others, made in the filing involved the pair's 2-year-old daughter Monaco — who allegedly found one of Jeezy's guns in their marital house after it had been left out unsecured, per the filing.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2024
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2024
Another allegation, among others, made in the filing involved the pair's 2-year-old daughter Monaco — who allegedly found one of Jeezy's guns in their marital house after it had been left out unsecured, per the filing.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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marital
adjective
mar·i·tal
ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to marriage or the married state
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