polygamy

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Recent Examples of polygamy The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890. Jacques Billeaud and Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024 The following year, the Browns challenged Utah’s criminal polygamy law in what would become Brown v. Buhman. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024 This allowed the families to escape homelessness, human tracking and abuse from polygamy in northern Arizona. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024 In 2013, a judge ruled in their favor, declaring parts of Utah’s polygamy laws unconstitutional, according to USA Today. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for polygamy 

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“Polygamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polygamy. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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