marital status
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“Your marital status is not God’s report card on your life,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Data were weighted by education, age by gender, race/ethnicity, region, household income, household size, marital status, employment and smoking status to reflect population proportions.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
How long the changed marital status lasts can matter too.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
Transfers should remain unconditional and independent of marital status.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
The first thing he wanted to verify was Edith’s marital status.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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