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Recent Examples of polyamory
In the ensuing years, polyamory became normalized — well, somewhat.
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Feb. 2024
Each episode allows listeners to eavesdrop on real-life therapy sessions as couples and individuals work through issues ranging from workplace affairs to polyamory to the question of parenthood.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2024
Nearly once a year NPR produces a story about polyamory.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Feb. 2024
Now, the game invites you to partake in its newest lifestyle simulation: polyamory.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 1 July 2024
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Feb. 2024
Each episode allows listeners to eavesdrop on real-life therapy sessions as couples and individuals work through issues ranging from workplace affairs to polyamory to the question of parenthood.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2024
Nearly once a year NPR produces a story about polyamory.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Feb. 2024
Now, the game invites you to partake in its newest lifestyle simulation: polyamory.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 1 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for polyamory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyamory
Noun
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In the recent episode of iHeart’s Rogue Energy podcast, Christine and Janelle Brown discussed their lives after leaving polygamy.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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In small towns, men often have multiple partners — both male and female — and polygamy is common.—
Adam Williams,
NPR,
11 Jan. 2025
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The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2024
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His son has been married four times and resurrected the long-dead institution of polygyny.—
Tamara Loos,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Dec. 2020
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The doc covers Minnelli's four marriages and divorces and her high-profile relationships with stars like Desi Arnaz Jr., Peter Sellers and Martin Scorsese.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Women's lives and marriages need to be more comfortable.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The crisis of monogamy, the possibility of having more honest, effective relationships, but without judging anyone.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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Is a fear of being single driving you toward serial monogamy?—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
23 July 2024
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
Peoplemag,
21 Apr. 2023
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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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In episode four, the Sea Snake refuses to show him any affection, and blocks his rise up the ranks, simply because he was born out of wedlock.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 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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“Polyamory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyamory. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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