mixed marriage

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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. 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
Noun
  • Within a span of 14 months, three of the Sister Wives patriarch's marriages imploded.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But as one of their marriages falls apart, their friend group — and seasonal vacations — are upended by the news.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Image This is not to say that plays may not benefit from an intermarriage with screens.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.
    Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Although their relationship has evolved and comes with its challenges, the couple both still enjoy being married and tell ESSENCE why matrimony is a commitment that’s worthwhile for them.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Because these two aspects of monogamy are so often enjoined among humans, they are considered two sides of the same coin.
    Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
  • How Did Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross, Lay her Egg? Laysan albatrosses are known for their lifelong monogamy and typically lay one egg per year.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Mixed marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20marriage. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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