wedlock
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It simply did not matter whether one was born white or black, male or female, Jew or Gentile, in wedlock or out, eldest or youngest, or born to citizen parents or alien parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2025
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
Both paint wedlock as a fortunate state, when it works.
From Salon ● May 29, 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
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
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