out of wedlock
Example Sentences
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“If we see that 70% of households are raising children out of wedlock, that means 30% are not,” Mr. Woodson once told me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025
Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
The tabloid also paid $30,000 to a Trump Tower doorman who claimed to have a story about a child he alleged Trump had out of wedlock.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
Mom tells me that Abuela Zaida had all her sons out of wedlock in Costa Rica then convinced my grandfather he should marry her and move to Cuba.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
