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Recent Examples of betroth
Short of an official announcement, there's really no reason to believe that Zendaya and Holland, who've been together for years and play love interests in the Spider-Man movies, aren't betrothed.
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Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025
The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
She’s been betrothed to 41-year-old producer Jonathan Davino since 2022.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2024
The next day, reports confirmed that she is betrothed to her boyfriend Cameron Fuller, son of prolific horror producer Brad Fuller.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2024
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Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Jan. 2025
The film is a fairy tale that follows a young princess named Buttercup (Robin Wright) who suddenly gets betrothed to a vile prince despite already finding her one true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
She’s been betrothed to 41-year-old producer Jonathan Davino since 2022.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2024
The next day, reports confirmed that she is betrothed to her boyfriend Cameron Fuller, son of prolific horror producer Brad Fuller.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for betroth
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The Proposed Architecture My team and I propose separating the encoder from the rest of the model architecture: 1.—
Wei Duan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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And in January 2024, a steep entertainment tax on services by karaoke bars, spas, and nightclubs had been proposed, though that was scrapped the next month after backlash from local businesses.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Kennedy, who listened and then walked arm-in-arm with Charles-Newton for the last leg of the hike, promised to look into the program and whether any funding was being impacted by the HHS-wide restructuring.—
Cheyenne Haslett,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Goldman’s economists will likely move to a recession as their base-case scenario if the tariffs are implemented as President Donald Trump has promised, Wilson said.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
Peoplemag,
5 May 2023
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Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2019
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In the end, the several dozen men gathered in the centuries-old house to pledge their allegiance to Shoufi's militia, whooping and singing while performing a battle version of a celebratory dance.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Full Story Despite Trump’s fossil fuel embrace, some moves rankle industry While President Trump has pledged to be a friend to the fossil fuel industry and taken steps intended to bolster it, several of his recent moves have garnered pushback from oil, gas and coal executives.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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The two are committed as of this writing to participate again, and there’s some amount of pressure placed on the most recent champion to return to the event.—
Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Affordable Care Act commits the feds to paying for 90% of the cost of covering this expansion population.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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As of writing, Grant and Juliana are still together after they got engaged and Grant chose her as his winner in The Bachelor Season 29 finale, according to Reality Steve.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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Businesses that once depended on slow-moving marketing strategies are now leveraging events to engage high-intent buyers in real time.—
Lovely Marshall,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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She got married again, too, this time to the three-hundred-pound baritone who’d played the part of Pharaoh in her staging of Exodus.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Vera Miles was poised to be the next Grace Kelly – the glamorous Hitchcock blonde who went on to marry a prince.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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