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as in borrowed
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
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Adjective
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At the time, Robach was married to Melrose Place star Andrew Shue, and Holmes was married to attorney Marilee Fiebig.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025 -
The newbies claiming their peach are businesswoman Brittany Eady, restaurateur and author Kelli Ferrell, and entrepreneur Angela Oakley, who is married to NBA legend Charles Oakley.—
Giana Levy,
refinery29.com,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Three years later, Stack borrowed another $60 million from GE Capital, this time to buy out his investors.—
Jemima McEvoy,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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The brothers learned as teenagers that their father had borrowed money through a federal program to drill for wells, and wound up $4 million in debt, including interest, when the wells failed, with the land pledged as collateral.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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From the start, the duo adopted an iterative design process, relying on small, focused experiments to shape their platform.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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With details being finalized and legislation being adopted, a lot has been happening.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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The female-nude painting hanging over her conjugal bed satirizes a freaky tendency that rocks her marital arrangement — an unsettling tour de force from Breillat.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 June 2024
Adjective
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The marital thriller also stars Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela and Pierce Brosnan.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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Couples enjoy all the perks of marital commitment and can even have children, but choose not to live in the same residence.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Espoused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espoused. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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