betroth

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Recent Examples of betroth Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will undoubtedly host one of the celebrity weddings of the decade after recently becoming betrothed. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Short of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed. Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025 The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes). Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024 She’s been betrothed to 41-year-old producer Jonathan Davino since 2022. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for betroth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for betroth
Verb
  • The goal for the ordinance is to limit the out-of-pocket fees for potential renters when applying to rental properties, according to Councilwoman Sarah Moore, who first proposed the ordinance to the City Council at its March 4 meeting.
    Grace Hurt, Arkansas Online, 28 May 2025
  • Competition for the brightest students, researchers, and faculty is fierce: Florida has the fourth-largest number of medical schools of any state and several more are proposed.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • Trump has promised mass deportations and has moved to roll back Biden-era immigration policies.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Former President Joe Biden blocked the sale on national security grounds, and, as a presidential candidate, Trump also promised to block it.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
Verb
  • Signatories pledged to halve emissions, but efforts are hard to quantify.
    Lea Lane, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Once the case in Romania concludes, authorities pledged to honor the UK's request to extradite them to face trial in Britain for the separate allegations of rape and human trafficking involving different women between 2012 and 2015.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • One episode was based on a study by Harvard psychiatrist Felton Earls showing that kids exposed to gunfire were more likely to commit violence.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • Countries signing onto the agreement are committing to improve their disease surveillance and grow their heath care workforces, strengthen their regulatory systems and invest in research and development.
    Nicole Hassoun, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Mat Franco – Season 9 Mat Franco made history by becoming the first magician to win the competition, thrilling audiences with his innovative sleight-of-hand tricks and engaging storytelling.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 May 2025
  • Becoming a Producer: Agents need to find and engage clients, guide them through financial decisions and manage the endless maze of paperwork and regulations to close deals.
    Sam Henry, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • The former couple were married for 10 years before announcing their split on Jan. 13.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 21 May 2025
  • Such work marries human expertise with computational heft.
    Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025

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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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