marital status
noun
: the state of being married or not married
—used on official forms to ask if a person is married, single, divorced, or widowed
Please enter your marital status.
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His last record as an Ohioan, his last official record as a person will be wrong because your word says marital status at time of death.
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Mansee Khurana, NPR, 26 June 2025
In a disturbing story published on June 16, The Guardian reported that new VA hospital guidelines have given the green light to physicians to refuse to provide care to patients based on their marital status or political affiliation.
—Flavia Mangan Colgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
She was seen wearing a deep red 'sindoor’ (vermillion, a red mark worn by married Indian women as a mark of their marital status) on her forehead pairing it with a white saree draped traditionally.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
To schedule monthly payments, borrowers who have not changed their marital status or income would have needed to send their most recent Federal 1040 tax return to the Education Department, according to instructions outlined on the Default Resolution Group’s website.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 4 May 2025
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Mansee Khurana, NPR, 26 June 2025
In a disturbing story published on June 16, The Guardian reported that new VA hospital guidelines have given the green light to physicians to refuse to provide care to patients based on their marital status or political affiliation.
—Flavia Mangan Colgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
She was seen wearing a deep red 'sindoor’ (vermillion, a red mark worn by married Indian women as a mark of their marital status) on her forehead pairing it with a white saree draped traditionally.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
To schedule monthly payments, borrowers who have not changed their marital status or income would have needed to send their most recent Federal 1040 tax return to the Education Department, according to instructions outlined on the Default Resolution Group’s website.
—Melissa Chan, NBC news, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for marital status
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“Marital status.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital%20status. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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