out of wedlock
Example Sentences
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“If we see that 70% of households are raising children out of wedlock, that means 30% are not,” Mr. Woodson once told me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025
But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024
Cohen also recounted going to Trump after learning about a Trump Tower doorman who claimed, falsely, that Trump had a child out of wedlock.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
He is what’s known as a bastard, a child born out of wedlock.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
