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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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Recent Examples of marry Marilyn and Alan were married in February 1958 and were professional collaborators their entire careers. Jon Burlingame, Variety, 18 July 2025 Byron is currently married, and Cabot was previously married, finalizing her divorce in 2022. Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 18 July 2025 What To Know Cabot was previously married to an individual named Kenneth Thornby but divorced him in 2022, according to the New York Post, which cited Massachusetts records. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 As for Cabot, public records suggest she has been married at least once. Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for marry
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Verb
  • Like Michael Bloomberg who has been a Republican, a Democrat and an independent, Adams is not wedded to any political party or movement.
    Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2025
  • This status quo is reinforced by textbooks and tests wedded to a coverage curriculum that touches on many subjects in each grade level without delving deeply into any.
    Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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  • The clip shows a small child bouncing inside a hotel room, a visual that perfectly matches the mom's advice.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • Instead, choose plants (especially natives) that match your site’s light, soil, and moisture conditions.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2025
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  • Ted — who moved to Phoenix in 1974, remarried twice and owned his own bike shop — expressed regret over not maintaining contact with Jeff over the years, according to a 2014 interview with Inside Edition.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • Two of my siblings maintained a relationship with this man, who later in life remarried and had two more children.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
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  • Two flamingos born at the zoo in 2017 — a male that zoo staff named Blue Hawaiian and a female named Mai Tai — have since mated, Hirsch said.
    Ethan Wolin July 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025
  • One of the adult males from Canada in February joined the pack and mated with the female wolf.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
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  • The restaurant combines flavors from across France, including chef Julien Pilati’s native Champagne and the Brittany of his wife, Laetitia.
    Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
  • This box combines three types of cheese with apple slices, grapes, olive oil, and sea salt crackers.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 July 2025
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  • About one in five of the museum’s 84,000 visits last year was connected to the initiative, a monthly rate of between 15% and 20%.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Founded in 1996, LendingTree offers online tools to connect borrowers with lenders on financial services, like credit cards, mortgages or personal loans.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
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  • The Miami native had committed to the Bulldogs just two and a half weeks earlier.
    Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 22 July 2025
  • By demanding open standards, embracing open-source and choosing partners committed to a collaborative future, organizations can finally break free from the shackles of vendor control and build an IT ecosystem that truly serves their strategic ambitions.
    Rajat Bhargava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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  • Schoemann proposes evaluating the voter roll purging process, hand-counting ballots, and ensuring equitable voting access.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
  • In response to strong domestic and international criticism, President Zelenskyy is set to propose a bill that will decrease Russian influence while maintaining the anti-corruption agencies’ independence.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025

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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marry. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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