postmarriage
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a word derived from
marriage.
marriagenoun(broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage:
Example Sentences
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On the island, Ms. Allen happily joined a cohort of women her age, many of them postmarriage and postchildren, seeking modest work there.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2017
The questions felt like bruises I kept pressing: Are these just postmarriage high jinks?
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2012
Despite Gabriel's heightened social awareness, his new album is not devoted to political, economic and social matters, but mainly to the breakups of his marriage and a postmarriage romance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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