as in single
not married
a girl who swore she'd remain unmarried for her whole life
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And the number of unmarried women has continued to rise, potentially diluting what some pollsters say is a significant influence — men — in how some women vote.
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Erica L. Green, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Suarez says that being unmarried is what gave her the freedom to go, since divorce wasn’t legal in 1960s Chile.
—Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2024
For girls and women in twentieth-century Ireland, to be unmarried and pregnant was akin to a crime against the Catholic state, and little mercy was shown even to the very young or to victims of rape or abuse.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
In 2023, a Pew Research Center survey found that single women owned 58% of houses owned by unmarried Americans, while single men owned 42%.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
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Erica L. Green, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Suarez says that being unmarried is what gave her the freedom to go, since divorce wasn’t legal in 1960s Chile.
—Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2024
For girls and women in twentieth-century Ireland, to be unmarried and pregnant was akin to a crime against the Catholic state, and little mercy was shown even to the very young or to victims of rape or abuse.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
In 2023, a Pew Research Center survey found that single women owned 58% of houses owned by unmarried Americans, while single men owned 42%.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Unmarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmarried. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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