open marriage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of open marriage
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Come for the haunting bangers about her open marriage to ‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour and their Architectural Digest video; stay for Dallas Major and Madeline.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
It's entirely possible that nothing, not even an open marriage, could have saved Love and Joe's ultimately doomed relationship.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2021
You can see then how data on open marriage, which stigma makes people less likely to report and which doesn’t require official paperwork at any rate, would be more difficult to obtain.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2021
Perhaps you are a bisexual woman who has an open marriage with a man, and you’re getting super pissed right now, because hey, you’re still queer!
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2019
"Uncle Richard, if that clandestine marriage with Sarah Pepper was valid, why the open marriage five months later?" he asked, clinging to this straw of hope.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams
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