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Recent Examples of promiscuity
Such creative promiscuity is paying dividends; León and his label, Socios Music, are reportedly poised to strike a lucrative joint-venture deal with a major record company.
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Craig Marks, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Drugs and alcohol continue to flow along with bisexual promiscuity and the discovery of S&M helps ease Lidia's demons.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 9 May 2024
Daniel makes his promiscuity entertaining with the song’s steady percussive bounce.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
In media, many bisexual characters become lazy plot devices to demonstrate promiscuity.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
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Craig Marks, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Drugs and alcohol continue to flow along with bisexual promiscuity and the discovery of S&M helps ease Lidia's demons.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 9 May 2024
Daniel makes his promiscuity entertaining with the song’s steady percussive bounce.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
In media, many bisexual characters become lazy plot devices to demonstrate promiscuity.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuity
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The article included other remarks related to Carter’s faith − such as the importance of the separation of church and state, a conviction born of Carter’s Southern Baptist upbringing − but the adultery comment opened a rift with Carter’s kin in Christ.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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Here’s what to know about the legal proceedings of adultery in Texas.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee failed to land a decisive blow against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, after several hours of tense questioning about his qualifications, views on women in combat, infidelity and drinking.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
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Again, one needn’t endorse Trump’s infidelity or lies to observe that the spectacle disserves the country.The Editors, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
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Welcome back for another season full of [Alan Cumming voice] deception, backstabbing and treachery!Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Yet Milady and her treachery have for nearly 200 years always stood out.Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
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These statements triggered significant backlash, including accusations of disloyalty and social media campaigns to discredit her.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Political interference by Bashir's ruling political party, the officer said, had weakened the Sudanese military by repeatedly purging those suspected of disloyalty and promoting officers based on loyalty rather than competence.Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
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The science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein also allegedly influenced Manson, with its plot about a man from Mars who preached free love and caused a major movement on Earth.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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On one level, Lempicka’s work shows us what this could have looked like: soaring skyscrapers, slinky dresses, fast cars, free love.Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Those intrepid few who still clung to the belief that American perfidy shielded Duke’s players from true justice just had the rug pulled out from under them by Mangum herself.The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
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Putin inundates Ukraine’s airwaves with propaganda about the West’s perfidy, the West’s agonizingly slow and insufficient support of Ukraine, the West’s seeming willingness to bleed Ukraine as a proxy, Zelensky’s anti-democratic centralization of power, and the like.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records.Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
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North Carolina is one of about a half-dozen states that allow lawsuits accusing a cheating spouse’s lover of alienation of affection and criminal conversation.EMERY P. DALESIO, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
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Liberty has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2004 and has no history of misconduct.Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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Baldwin’s attorneys accused the state of misconduct, pointing to a batch of unexamined bullets that a potential witness turned over to sheriff’s investigators last March.Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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