as in wedded
of or relating to marriage
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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Recent Examples of marital
This scenery became the setting for the 2015 marital drama By the Sea, written, directed by, and starring Jolie and produced by and starring Pitt.
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AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
Aubrey Plaza was having marital issues with her husband at the time of his death in January, according to new information released by Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Department.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Kristine — who became an advocate for children with disabilities after working with her autistic son, Jacob (Aias Dalman) — urges Michael to agree to Natalia’s adoption, despite their ongoing marital troubles.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The Fisks are not alone in untangling their marital tension.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Mar. 2025
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AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
Aubrey Plaza was having marital issues with her husband at the time of his death in January, according to new information released by Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Department.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Kristine — who became an advocate for children with disabilities after working with her autistic son, Jacob (Aias Dalman) — urges Michael to agree to Natalia’s adoption, despite their ongoing marital troubles.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The Fisks are not alone in untangling their marital tension.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marital
Adjective
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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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The female-nude painting hanging over her conjugal bed satirizes a freaky tendency that rocks her marital arrangement — an unsettling tour de force from Breillat.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 June 2024
Adjective
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People would wait just outside the arrival gate door, sometimes while dressed in goofy getups while toting balloons or homemade signs of welcome, congratulations or even matrimonial proposals.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Related Articles Gomez, who is currently engaged to producer and music artist Benny Blanco, finished her matrimonial look with her marquis diamond engagement ring, which is estimated to have cost around $200,000, according to the diamond experts from United Kingdom retailer Steven Stone.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Marsh was married to fellow British actor Jon Pertwee from 1955-1960.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Khalil, a green card holder and permanent legal resident who is married to an American citizen, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his Columbia housing in March after helping lead protests at Columbia over the war in Gaza.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Indian weddings are known for being exquisitely festive, and a new restaurant offering the fare typically served at the celebratory occasions invites anyone to take place in a traditional nuptial banquet.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Pino, a Cuban immigrant who turned a modest plumbing business into a home-building empire, directed Villar and his crew to kill his wife upon her return from church that Sunday because the couple was facing an imminent trial over their 1992 nuptial agreement and marital assets, investigators say.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The latest installment follows the central friends-to-lovers romance of Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), ending with their connubial bliss and a new Bridgerton baby, the future new Lord Featherington.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
13 June 2024
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But now, the widowed Sophie needs West to feign an engagement with her in order to push her younger (also widowed) sister Alexandra into her own connubial bliss.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Feb. 2024
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marital. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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