common-law marriage

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Noun
  • At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • Mary and Romain entered into a civil union in 2018, and celebrated their nuptials with a wedding ceremony the following year.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In 2018, Mary entered a civil union with her husband Romain Bonnet, celebrating their nuptials with a wedding ceremony the following year.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • And Viserys coveting Dany was a sadistic example of his own obsolescence; while intermarriage may have been common for House Targaryen decades ago, Viserys clinging to customs of the past was a sign of his own unfitness to rule in the present.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2024
  • Similarly, Hispanic intermarriage may have the effect of weakening a sense of distinct Hispanic or Latino identity as multiracial identity rises and diverse families grow, Lopez told me.
    Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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