Example Sentences

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Polygamous marriages are recognised in South Africa but only if they are registered as customary weddings.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs, wanted in Utah for an alleged $11 million food stamp fraud, was captured after a year on the run thanks to sharp-eyed pawn shop workers in Yankton.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2017

Polygamous societies are almost always polygynous, where one husband has multiple wives.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2013

Polygamous men, however, frequently have dozens of children by several different women—far more than the charts can handle.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2012

Polygamous, when the flowers are some of them perfect, and some staminate or pistillate only.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa