common-law marriage

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Noun
  • Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • Benefits — other than the merchandise discounts — applied to both former commissioners and eligible family members, including spouses or civil union partners and dependent children up to age 21.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Benefits — other than the merchandise discounts — applied to both former commissioners and eligible family members, including spouses or civil union partners and dependent children up to age 21.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There are higher rates of intermarriage among military members.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
  • Perhaps, with all the conquests, alliances and intermarriages, the elite class had grown too large and unwieldy for common farmers to support in a time when food supplies were dwindling, Rosado-Ramirez suggested to me.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
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