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marital

[mar-i-tl] / ˈmær ɪ tl /
ADJECTIVE
concerning marriage
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With the high bar it set for entry into its elite training system, and its sclerotic marital customs limiting birthrates, its population of homoioi decreased while neighboring states were growing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

When I began to confide in married girlfriends about our problems, they unfailingly shared their own marital struggles, things they’d never mentioned when I was single.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

“Caregiving can affect work hours, earnings and marital stability,” Nguyen said.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

“If tax benefits, if health insurance, if parental rights were not all based upon marital status, we wouldn’t have the issues that we do,” said Chazan, the Glendale lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

A writer, like a cinematographer, manipulates the viewer’s perspective on an ongoing story, with the verbal equivalent of camera angles and quick cuts. the marital, the medical, and sometimes both at once.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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