unwed

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A few states including Texas and Kansas recognize common-law marriages, where unwed couples who publicly represent themselves as spouses are subject to the state’s marriage and divorce laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Born to an unwed mother who gave him to relatives to raise as a baby, Ellison—who declined to be interviewed for this article—was estranged from his biological parents.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

She got pregnant at 15 and her parents sent her to a nearby Catholic home for unwed mothers where she gave birth to a baby boy, whom she placed for adoption.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

By about 1909, it had become a Catholic home for “working girls,” a euphemism for unwed mothers, and, by the late 1920s, a maternity hospital.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Me a mojarad, a single young man, and she an unwed young woman.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini