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Recent Examples of polyamory
In the past, Omarion has confirmed his openness to polyamory.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence officers for using a government chat platform for discussions that included topics like polyamory and gender transition surgery.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Parallel polyamory where relationships are separate?
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Many traditional relationship structures loosened as a result—polyamory was on everyone’s mind, for one—and many people turned to TikTok for dating advice from armchair therapists.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2024
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence officers for using a government chat platform for discussions that included topics like polyamory and gender transition surgery.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Parallel polyamory where relationships are separate?
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Many traditional relationship structures loosened as a result—polyamory was on everyone’s mind, for one—and many people turned to TikTok for dating advice from armchair therapists.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyamory
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His maternal grandmother raised him and his older brother, not entrusting them to one of his father’s three other wives (polygamy is common is South Sudanese culture).—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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In the recent episode of iHeart’s Rogue Energy podcast, Christine and Janelle Brown discussed their lives after leaving polygamy.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
17 Jan. 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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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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Within a span of 14 months, three of the Sister Wives patriarch's marriages imploded.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But as one of their marriages falls apart, their friend group — and seasonal vacations — are upended by the news.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2025
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Because these two aspects of monogamy are so often enjoined among humans, they are considered two sides of the same coin.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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How Did Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross, Lay her Egg? Laysan albatrosses are known for their lifelong monogamy and typically lay one egg per year.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
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Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
23 July 2024
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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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Christine has taken an ideological stance against the emotional labor and inequity inherent in the system of conventional matrimony!—
Christine Murphy,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Although their relationship has evolved and comes with its challenges, the couple both still enjoy being married and tell ESSENCE why matrimony is a commitment that’s worthwhile for them.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
21 Feb. 2025
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Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Apr. 2025
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But according to legal documents in the case, prosecutors argue that the Salvadoran Constitution changed in 1983, eliminating legal distinctions between children born in or out of wedlock.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Polyamory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyamory. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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