wedlock
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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
Both paint wedlock as a fortunate state, when it works.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
He is what’s known as a bastard, a child born out of wedlock.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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