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Recent Examples of polyamory
Parallel polyamory where relationships are separate?
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Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Get crystal clear on what your potential partner’s version of polyamory looks like.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In the past, Omarion has confirmed his openness to polyamory.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence officers for using a government chat platform for discussions that included topics like polyamory and gender transition surgery.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Get crystal clear on what your potential partner’s version of polyamory looks like.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In the past, Omarion has confirmed his openness to polyamory.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence officers for using a government chat platform for discussions that included topics like polyamory and gender transition surgery.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyamory
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Idaho State Police issued an Amber Alert for two teens whose mother and authorities believe are headed out of state to meet a religious group known for practicing polygamy.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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His maternal grandmother raised him and his older brother, not entrusting them to one of his father’s three other wives (polygamy is common is South Sudanese culture).—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Their son, Monty, was born in 2017, with each having one child from their previous marriages.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Off-screen, many of them have been in marriages for almost the same amount of time.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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By 1982, schools in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio had challenged the book for not promoting abstinence or monogamy.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
8 May 2025
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Aging, parenting adult children, long-term monogamy and stresses on old friendships are examined over lengthy dinner-table scenes.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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Toni Heath Johnson has various felony convictions dating back to the 1980s, including forgery, credit card theft and bigamy.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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Not of the bigamy, nor of baby Patricia, born on April 20, 1953, in Brooklyn, and baptized at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge three months later.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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Seeking Brother Husband's Kenya gets real with a virtual stranger about her domestic arrangement in this Sunday's episode of the TLC polyandry series.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
Peoplemag,
21 Apr. 2023
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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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An increase in marriages is a strong indicator of a forthcoming rise in births, as childbirth outside of wedlock is uncommon in South Korea.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The American-French stepdaughter of Sylvie born out of wedlock, Geneviève is an NYU grad who moved to Paris in Season 4 and got hired at Agence Grateau where Emily gracefully took her under her wing.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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“Polyamory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyamory. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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