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Recent Examples of mixed marriage
At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
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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
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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Must all marriages, even ones that are unofficiated, last forever?Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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So, divorces are occurring in this calendar year mostly of marriages that have been concluded 8 or 9 years prior.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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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
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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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Their mutual groping, filmed in blue light, could be the most frank miscegenation ever put on film.Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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In practice, this amounted to a bizarre, Stasi-like effort to micromanage the dating scene in a town of 100,000—and to stamp out religious miscegenation at first flush.Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
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Alfonsina, who fell pregnant by a colleague and had the child outside of wedlock.Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight), The Dial, 12 Nov. 2024
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Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Social monogamy is seen in around 90 percent of bird species, but if one of these bonds is broken without one partner dying, it is known as divorce.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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People are now more interested in open relationships, polyamorous relationships, and trying out things that work for them, and also the differences between what monogamy means.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Mixed marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20marriage. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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