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as in to wed
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in to match
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in to remarry
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in to mate
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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  • On that beloved sitcom, Rauch played Bernadette, a microbiologist who weds Simon Helberg's Howard, and Bialik played Amy, a neuroscientist who marries Jim Parsons' Sheldon.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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    Macie Stump, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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    Hannah Malach, WWD, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • Her dad Travis remarried Kourtney Kardashian in 2022.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • However, Mayor Jelani Killings proposed Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce CEO Wolfgang Croskey as his choice.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marry. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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