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Recent Examples of celibate
The former Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star, who was a member of the boy band B2K before going solo in 2005, is no longer celibate, and is a father to son Megaa, 11, and daughter A’mei, 9, with ex-girlfriend Apryl Jones.
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Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Nov. 2025
While the audience was instantly compelled by her newscaster cadence, pearl clutching, and disastrous, celibate relationship, her fellow Housewives thought it was all put on for the cameras.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
And celibacy, as Christ was celibate.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
For many traditionalists, effective enforcement of this teaching would mean cracking down on homosexuality among the clergy, including gay clergy who are celibate and chaste.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Nov. 2025
While the audience was instantly compelled by her newscaster cadence, pearl clutching, and disastrous, celibate relationship, her fellow Housewives thought it was all put on for the cameras.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
And celibacy, as Christ was celibate.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
For many traditionalists, effective enforcement of this teaching would mean cracking down on homosexuality among the clergy, including gay clergy who are celibate and chaste.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for celibate
Adjective
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The songwriting is so chaste and disembodied that an Old Hollywood censor would have no problem greenlighting it.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
20 Apr. 2026
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Rue’s comparatively chaste behavior this season — including in scenes with high school love Jules (the always magnetic Hunter Schafer) — feels like a concession to Zendaya’s huge star power and public image.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Like Ash Wednesday, Good Friday is a day where Catholics are obliged to fast and stay abstinent throughout the day until midnight.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Apr. 2026
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At the end of six months, those who had taken just one dose of psilocybin had more than six times greater odds of being abstinent from cigarettes than their counterparts who relied on the nicotine substitute.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Here are the unmarried, who used to be marginal.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Sometimes an unmarried partner needs legal support to get their name on the baby’s birth certificate and some families need grief support, or baby sleep training, or even just babysitting.—
Amy Eskind,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the first season of Sam Levinson’s salacious teen drama, Euphoria, every episode opened with a deep dive into one of the characters’ pasts, which complicated their archetypes: the bro-y jock was troubled by his sexuality; the most virginal girl in her friend group was a camgirl.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel is a slow read with an out-of-time atmosphere, really one of the most virginal and repressed romance stories of all time.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The agency noted that criminal charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Faced with innocent bystanders being hurt — even killed — during the chases, some agencies have at times called off pursuits in the interest of safety.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Also, there are still several ships at sea carrying inventory from before the war, meaning cheap virgin supplies are still making their way to processors.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Oils or fats with a smoke point lower in this are no good, so that means extra virgin olive is out.—
Jack Hennessy,
Outdoor Life,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Celibate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celibate. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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