open marriage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of open marriage
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 new books to kick off 2024, including an alternate Mexican history, memoirs of wildfire seasons and open marriage and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
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
I know you’re big fans of open marriage, but I can’t picture not getting overly attached to someone else, and I don’t want that either.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2020
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
"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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