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affianced

[uh-fahy-uhnst] / əˈfaɪ ənst /


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The affianced Earhart and the married George Palmer Putnam met in his Manhattan office in the spring of 1928.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2025

However, usually the affianced couple can stick it out long enough to break up in private once the show is completely done.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2024

Most of my friends are married, affianced, or gobbled up by Los Angeles, or veganism.

From New York Times Jan. 2, 2018

The affianced co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” it turns out, have also been named visiting fellows to Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.

From Washington Post Jul. 13, 2017

Besides it was well known that since the Treaty of Arras in 1483 Charles had been affianced to Maximilian's daughter, Margaret of Austria.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne




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