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
In their open marriage of convenience and calculation, she was the “brash” American who could offset Bowie’s British reserve and push him toward notoriety.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2017
Such was the blended truth, irony, and wit with which Héloïse dissuaded Abélard from open marriage.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women by Lord, John
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