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Recent Examples of mixed marriage
Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
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Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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
With so many men dead or enslaved, Native women married men outside their group—often African-Americans—and then redefined the families of mixed marriages as matrilineal in order to preserve collective claims to land.
—Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
On the subject of mixed marriages like theirs, James Carville, one half of another famously bipartisan couple, liked to say that such unions are feasible, but perhaps not advisable.
—New York Times, 11 July 2018
Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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
With so many men dead or enslaved, Native women married men outside their group—often African-Americans—and then redefined the families of mixed marriages as matrilineal in order to preserve collective claims to land.
—Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
On the subject of mixed marriages like theirs, James Carville, one half of another famously bipartisan couple, liked to say that such unions are feasible, but perhaps not advisable.
—New York Times, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed marriage
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Get Curious About Who Your Partner Is Now One of the biggest reasons marriages feel stale is the illusion of familiarity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The book, which takes place in both the 1950s and present day, tells the story of Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo and her seven marriages — including one big secret.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Image This is not to say that plays may not benefit from an intermarriage with screens.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Even as intermarriage rates are increasing across the board, according to the most recent figures from the Pew Research Center, only 12% of Black women marry outside of their race.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2025
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On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Jacob rides a horse into the city overnight for the miscegenation trial of Yellowstone foreman Zane and his wife, which has yet to get underway when the episode ends.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
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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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But according to legal documents in the case, prosecutors argue that the Salvadoran Constitution changed in 1983, eliminating legal distinctions between children born in or out of wedlock.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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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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The Origins Of The Fear Of Infidelity The nuclear family structure relies heavily on monogamy to function.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Your sustained outrage will probably chill an important conversation about fantasy and monogamy — hello, romance novels!—
Philip Galanes,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Mixed marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20marriage. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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