betroth

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Recent Examples of betroth Whether you’re betrothed or trying to manifest it, take a cue from Selena Gomez’s minimal approach with a sheer pink shade for something chic and timeless. Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 Immediately, fans flooded the comments on her post asking if she's betrothed. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024 Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will undoubtedly host one of the celebrity weddings of the decade after recently becoming betrothed. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 But an engagement announcement published five months earlier said she was betrothed to a Henry Strezelecki. Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for betroth
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Verb
  • The new $10,000 stipend is separate from the $30 million proposed in the continuing resolution for a law enforcement mutual aid fund for members and $58 million for security for the executive and judicial branches.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, international condemnation of Israel’s actions continues to mount, with the European Union – Israel’s biggest trading partner – proposing sanctions and a United Nations Commission report that concluded that Israel is committing genocide.
    Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump promised during the 2024 presidential campaign to release the files in their entirety and Patel before taking the FBI job had pushed unsubstantiated claims about who was in them.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But experts said insufficient oversight has undermined the protections promised to visa holders.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • 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
Verb
  • His widow, Erika Kirk, pledged Friday to continue his work, including his campus tours and podcast.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Ellison pledged to give away 95% of his wealth to advance scientific research and solve complex problems related to health and aging.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025
  • With the Blackhawks having several young defensemen in the pipeline and only so many spots to put them in, the Blackhawks want to be sure of a player before committing to them long-term.
    Scott Powers, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • British officials see the visit as a way to engage a president whose foreign policy has challenged postwar norms.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Then the focus automatically becomes about engaging a diverse slate of talent that can evolve thinking and generate unconventional solutions.
    Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Safeguarding Legacy And Preventing Dependence Protecting a family’s wealth means thinking not only about children but also about those who may one day marry into the family.
    Monish Verma, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Justine and Elon Musk married in 2000 and divorced in 2008.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Betroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betroth. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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