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
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
Mrs. Knatchbull and her sister were raised by a governess and did not consider themselves close to their mother, who was absent for much of their upbringing and had a notoriously open marriage.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2017
Abélard would perhaps have consented to an open marriage had Héloïse been willing; but with a strange perversity she refused.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women by Lord, John
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