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Recent Examples of bigamy
Section 241 in Mississippi's state constitution specifies 10 felonies—murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy—for which a conviction will result in a person losing their right to vote.
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Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
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Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
Tosches says Uncle Lee dissuaded them, but couldn't save his nephew from bigamy.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
The Mississippi Constitution strips voting rights from people convicted of 10 felonies, including forgery, arson and bigamy.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
Strong’s Canadian citizenship was confirmed along with the public reveal of his bigamy.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigamy
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The Sister Wives star, 52, chronicles her journey within and away from Mormonism and polygamy in Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Finding Freedom, set to debut in September 2025.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Brown family were members of the Apostolic United Brethren, a fundamentalist Mormon group that practices polygamy.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Those of us who are in long-term marriages feel like: This is settled and this is safe.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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For those hoping to wed immediately, whether to avoid family scrutiny or cover up an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, clandestine marriages performed by Anglican clergy offered a welcome alternative.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2024
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
Peoplemag,
21 Apr. 2023
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Christine has taken an ideological stance against the emotional labor and inequity inherent in the system of conventional matrimony!—
Christine Murphy,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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More interesting, though, is that four of these movies center entirely on the planning and execution of a modern American wedding, grappling not with the concept of matrimony but explicitly with the wedding industrial complex and its profound psychological implications.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2024
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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
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Alfonsina, who fell pregnant by a colleague and had the child outside of wedlock.—
Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight),
The Dial,
12 Nov. 2024
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigamy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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