open marriage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of open marriage
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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January’s nonfiction is equally incendiary, ranging from a personal take on West Coast wildfires to an explosive memoir about open marriage.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023
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
The idea of an open marriage, like what we’ve shown, has real difficulties when you don’t have a kind of core trust.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 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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