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promiscuity

[prom-i-skyoo-i-tee, proh-mi-] / ˌprɒm ɪˈskyu ɪ ti, ˌproʊ mɪ- /
NOUN
lechery
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In Scorsese’s version, Bowden had been Cady’s defense attorney who, knowing Cady was guilty, had hidden evidence about the victim’s promiscuity to ensure a conviction and long sentence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

These letters, for all their promiscuity and turbulence, are a hymn to stability.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

In each of these examples, the concern is ostensibly about promiscuity and irresponsibility, but is in fact a repudiation of women’s power and autonomy, Lomax explained.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2021

This same concern has been studied for the HPV vaccine, with the exact same finding: no increase in promiscuity postvaccination.

From Scientific American • Mar. 5, 2020

It is impossible to imagine how early savages, ex hypothesi promiscuous, saw anything to reform in their state of promiscuity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various



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