1
as in connecting
to perform the ceremony of marriage for
they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them
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2
as in wedding
to give in marriage
the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters
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as in remarrying
to take as a spouse
he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since
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4
as in mating
to take a spouse
she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong
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as in combining
to come together to form a single unit
white wine and chicken marry especially well
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Recent Examples of marrying
This delicate piece features embroidery that recreates hair tentacles, like a macabre bride marrying the natural world to Surrealism.
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The couple has been together for nearly two decades, first meeting in 2007 before marrying in 2009.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
This led to the first of multiple love triangles involving Owen and Teddy, with Owen marrying Cristina in Season 7 and Teddy departing at the end of Season 8 following the tragic death of her husband Henry (Scott Foley).
—Max Gao, Variety, 8 May 2026
The former Real Housewives star is referring to Rimes marrying Glanville’s ex Eddie Cibrian.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Their mother is obsessed with marrying all the girls off, but has seemingly decided that bookish, sensible Mary isn’t worth the energy.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
After three years of homelessness, she was recruited to model for Vivienne Westwood and ended up marrying a lord.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Here, the trio sharpens its focus, marrying clever production with the soul-eating intensity that propelled its rise.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
Western design hinges on expansive potential—marrying seamless indoor-outdoor-transitions, framing views of sun and sea, and creating a minimalist aesthetic that puts dense tropical settings or desert landscapes centerstage.
—Kristin Braswell, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The couple has been together for nearly two decades, first meeting in 2007 before marrying in 2009.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
This led to the first of multiple love triangles involving Owen and Teddy, with Owen marrying Cristina in Season 7 and Teddy departing at the end of Season 8 following the tragic death of her husband Henry (Scott Foley).
—Max Gao, Variety, 8 May 2026
The former Real Housewives star is referring to Rimes marrying Glanville’s ex Eddie Cibrian.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Their mother is obsessed with marrying all the girls off, but has seemingly decided that bookish, sensible Mary isn’t worth the energy.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
After three years of homelessness, she was recruited to model for Vivienne Westwood and ended up marrying a lord.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Here, the trio sharpens its focus, marrying clever production with the soul-eating intensity that propelled its rise.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
Western design hinges on expansive potential—marrying seamless indoor-outdoor-transitions, framing views of sun and sea, and creating a minimalist aesthetic that puts dense tropical settings or desert landscapes centerstage.
—Kristin Braswell, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marrying
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Parents will appreciate that each floor has connecting room options.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Yastrzemski, one of Atlanta’s key offseason acquisitions, had gone 116 at-bats in 38-plus games before connecting on his first long ball.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
13 May 2026
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Kelly was crowned Princess of Monaco upon marrying into the House of Grimaldi in 1956, wedding the country's then-monarch, Prince Rainier III.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
1 Apr. 2026
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The announcement stated that King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate had all been given the joyful news, while the church wedding itself will be in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on June 6.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The maps are created by combining satellite imagery that detects sargassum in the open ocean with models that track ocean currents.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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By combining fleet data with external weather information, the company has developed higher-resolution maps of conditions such as coastal fog, particularly in places like San Francisco and Phoenix, where weather can shift sharply over short distances.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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For the first time in 200 years, red-and-green macaws are mating in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, according to BBC Wildlife.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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The males will sometimes pursue the females for up to one week before mating even occurs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2026
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That kept him from matching his highest score in the PGA Championship.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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In Anthropic’s view, compute access remains the biggest barrier preventing Chinese firms from fully matching top American AI labs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Another bill, proposing to assess fees on large businesses that don’t provide health insurance to all of their workers, failed after passing the House.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
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The two companies are proposing the reusable spacecraft as a means of transporting supplies to space stations and performing autonomous orbital free-flying missions.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Lorentzen is partial to cast-iron and wicker pieces and enjoys fusing some contemporary accents into her final setup.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
13 May 2026
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The system is built around the Multi-Stream Action Transformer (MSAT), which processes vision, motion, memory, and torque signals in separate streams before fusing them for action generation, reports The Robot Report (TRR).—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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The Steelers had expected this to be the case perhaps weeks or even months ago, but Rodgers took his methodical, sweet time before committing.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Duncan’s daughter attends a private high school that so reliably sends its students to Stanford that even its principal isn’t above committing a bit of fraud to insure her own daughter’s place there.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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“Marrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marrying. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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