as in marriage
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Recent Examples of mixed marriage
Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
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Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
—Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.
—Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
With so many men dead or enslaved, Native women married men outside their group—often African-Americans—and then redefined the families of mixed marriages as matrilineal in order to preserve collective claims to land.
—Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
On the subject of mixed marriages like theirs, James Carville, one half of another famously bipartisan couple, liked to say that such unions are feasible, but perhaps not advisable.
—New York Times, 11 July 2018
Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
—Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.
—Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
With so many men dead or enslaved, Native women married men outside their group—often African-Americans—and then redefined the families of mixed marriages as matrilineal in order to preserve collective claims to land.
—Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
On the subject of mixed marriages like theirs, James Carville, one half of another famously bipartisan couple, liked to say that such unions are feasible, but perhaps not advisable.
—New York Times, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed marriage
Noun
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Most marriages experience bumps in the road, but what happens when those bumps turn into forks?—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
5 June 2025
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The unusual timeline was the result of second marriages and late-in-life fatherhood for the former president and, later, one of his sons.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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There are higher rates of intermarriage among military members.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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Perhaps, with all the conquests, alliances and intermarriages, the elite class had grown too large and unwieldy for common farmers to support in a time when food supplies were dwindling, Rosado-Ramirez suggested to me.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Jacob rides a horse into the city overnight for the miscegenation trial of Yellowstone foreman Zane and his wife, which has yet to get underway when the episode ends.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
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In defeat, the matrimony between manager, club and city had never been more visible.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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This cowboy is getting hitched and has the hat to match in matrimony.—
Teaghan Skulszki,
Outside Online,
12 Apr. 2025
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Greater visibility, including celebrities having children out of wedlock, has also contributed to the shift.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Was the boy born out of wedlock or has Saul simply snapped?—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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These agreements, which spell out what is (and isn’t) permitted within a couple’s version of monogamy, can actually help shape their definition of monogamy while also building trust and safety.—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
19 May 2025
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This type of monogamy is rare in amphibians and was only first discovered 15 years ago in another dart frog species.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
14 May 2025
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“Mixed marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20marriage. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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