consensual
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The video also surfaced on other platforms, including Meta-owned Facebook, where some posts used it to baselessly claim that the lawsuit was "fake" and the two had been involved in a "consensual relationship."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Men, compared with women, however, and people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were more likely to have previously engaged in consensual nonmonogamy, according to the study.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
“But no one really looked at consensual relationships.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
The accused denied the charges - he said they had a consensual relationship and the case was brought on because of a dispute over money.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Accordingly, Bostick was not really “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and the subsequent search was purely consensual.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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