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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 Lautner married Taylor Dome, now another Taylor Lautner in November 2022. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 July 2025 John performed at Kraft’s 2022 wedding, along with Ed Sheeran and Meek Mill. Kraft and Blumberg got married in front of more than 200 guests during a surprise wedding ceremony at the Hall des Lumières in New York City. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 6 July 2025 In 2017, Cody Barbo told a room of investors that he was getting married in a month. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025 One of my closest friends, after the death of her parents, found out that one was married before and that the other had two other children with someone else. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for marry
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  • Central to this philosophy, which weds anti-Judaism and anti-Zionism, is the establishment of Israel as an imperialist Christian-Jewish conspiracy against Islam.
    Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
  • Going home One of Apple's long-simmering behind-the-scenes hardware projects is apparently a new kind of smart home device that weds the HomePod's current capabilities with a vaguely Apple TV-like touchscreen interface.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
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  • What to know about Mega Millions To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball.
    Don Sweeney July 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025
  • No one matched all six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 13 July 2025
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  • Her eldest child, Edward Jr., survived and his father remarried.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • His mother left shortly after he was born and his father remarried and moved away, so he and his older sister, Bobbie, were raised by their grandparents.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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  • But the pair hypothesized something more dynamic: that color vision evolved around the same time as a color signal, such as flashy fruit, attractive flowers, mating colors or warning signs.
    Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • An 8-speed dual-clutch transmission is mated to the engine.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
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  • Spanning three levels and over 17,000-square-feet, The Louis combines retail, exhibition and hospitality spaces.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Both of these pieces combine the shade with soft, easy-to-wear silhouettes.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
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  • Palm trees line the shore, and a paved oceanfront trail connects Wailea to a series of smaller beaches and coves.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • From the very beginning, his journey of creating Airbnb was born out of necessity and a desire to connect people in a more authentic way.
    Raoul Davis, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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  • Those who embark on the challenge must commit to completing two workouts a day, following a strict diet and drinking a gallon of water (along with other nutrition, fitness and self-help tasks) every day for 75 days.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • Horner spent much of last week fielding questions over Verstappen’s future with the team after the Dutch driver declined to commit to stay with Red Bull for 2026.
    James Ellingworth, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
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  • In other news: Housing: The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for housing assistance by 44%.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 14 July 2025
  • Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens, has proposed charging New Yorkers earning above $1 million a flat 2% tax.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 14 July 2025

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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marry. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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