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Recent Examples of monogamy
Is a fear of being single driving you toward serial monogamy?
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Social monogamy is seen in around 90 percent of bird species, but if one of these bonds is broken without one partner dying, it is known as divorce.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
People are now more interested in open relationships, polyamorous relationships, and trying out things that work for them, and also the differences between what monogamy means.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
Despite my cries, everyone stays committed to traditional monogamy.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Social monogamy is seen in around 90 percent of bird species, but if one of these bonds is broken without one partner dying, it is known as divorce.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
People are now more interested in open relationships, polyamorous relationships, and trying out things that work for them, and also the differences between what monogamy means.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
Despite my cries, everyone stays committed to traditional monogamy.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monogamy
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The Sister Wives star, 52, chronicles her journey within and away from Mormonism and polygamy in Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Finding Freedom, set to debut in September 2025.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Brown family were members of the Apostolic United Brethren, a fundamentalist Mormon group that practices polygamy.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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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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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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The most famous and most dubious divorce statistic holds that half of all marriages end in divorce.—
Molly Fischer,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The chemistry between the doctors, only one of whose marriages is the open sort, was off the charts.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
20 Mar. 2025
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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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Chairman Brendan Carr declared that the FCC would block merger proposals from companies practicing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this month, FIFA discussed a proposal to increase the number of countries to 64, 16 more than 2026’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow began stalking Broadway last week, selling out the first two previews of its engagement at the Marquis, grossing $433,725 for the pair of performances.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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Adams said that already he’s met hundreds of people who celebrated engagements, anniversaries or birthdays there in the past.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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Musk made a lot of other promises that haven’t really panned out: The Cybertruck was supposed to debut at less than $40,000.—
Saahil Desai,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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Because there’s no promise of ever getting back here.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Here, a look back at more than 150 years of royal betrothals, and the stones used to mark them.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their crowded compartment is occupied by another newly married couple, strangers Pradeep Singh (Bhaskar Jha) and Jaya Tripathi (Pratibha Ranta), whose betrothal is more reluctant.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Monogamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monogamy. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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