cohabitation
Britishnoun
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the state or condition of living together as husband and wife without being married
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(of political parties) the state or condition of cooperating for specific purposes without forming a coalition
Example Sentences
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Cohabitation, marriage, kids are life changes, and milestones, but they are not in themselves representative of growth.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
Q. Cohabitation conflict: I have a 20-year old daughter.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2020
My roommate ruined my life Topics: Cohabitation, , , Real estate, Reality TV, Roommates, My Craigslist write-up was sprinkled with the usual hooks: Female professional, early thirties, seeks temporary roommate.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2012
Cohabitation usually resulted in marriage: by the fifth year, 65 percent of people in their first cohabitation had married.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2010
Cohabitation is more or less forced everywhere and always; but nowhere is it so horrible as in a prison.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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