as in wedded
of or relating to marriage
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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Recent Examples of marital
Problem is, Downhill largely echoes Östlund’s superior version, and there’s only so much Ferrell can do to add new twists to that resonant tale of marital discord and imperiled masculinity.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
In some cases, unresolved disagreements in the delivery room have led to deeper marital conflicts.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Every year, almost a third of those who qualify for EITC for the first time in their lifetime can claim the credit because of changes in their marital, parental or financial status, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
These included not properly supervising her legal assistant, her adult daughter; not filing divorce and bankruptcy petitions or doing a letter concerning marital reconciliation after being paid to do so; and not pursuing a divorce matter after taking it over while in the process.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
In some cases, unresolved disagreements in the delivery room have led to deeper marital conflicts.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Every year, almost a third of those who qualify for EITC for the first time in their lifetime can claim the credit because of changes in their marital, parental or financial status, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
These included not properly supervising her legal assistant, her adult daughter; not filing divorce and bankruptcy petitions or doing a letter concerning marital reconciliation after being paid to do so; and not pursuing a divorce matter after taking it over while in the process.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marital
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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
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Jacob Elordi plays Dorrigo Evans’ younger self, stumbling into an engagement with a girlfriend from a wealthy family (Olivia DeJonge) while falling in love with his uncle’s wife Amy (Odessa Young), a bohemian youngster who has clearly done some regrettable matrimonial stumbling herself.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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Destined for streaming on Prime Video (like so many comedies these days), this matrimonial romp stars Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2025
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According to the National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2024, married couples accounted for about 62% of all buyers, while single females made up about 20% and single males about 8%.—
Brendel Hightower,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A married couple was forced to sit next to a dead body for roughly four hours after a woman died in the middle of an international flight.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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When a reservation mishap leads to Jim’s daughter, Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), and Margot’s sister, Neve (Meredith Hagner), being double-booked to marry at the same small island inn over the same weekend, Jim and Margot channel their anxieties into what escalates into a nuptial war.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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The old tradition that the bride’s parents should cover the bill is no longer nuptial canon.—
Virginia Van Zanten,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2025
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The latest installment follows the central friends-to-lovers romance of Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), ending with their connubial bliss and a new Bridgerton baby, the future new Lord Featherington.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
13 June 2024
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But now, the widowed Sophie needs West to feign an engagement with her in order to push her younger (also widowed) sister Alexandra into her own connubial bliss.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Feb. 2024
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marital. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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