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Recent Examples of promiscuity
The role of Carmen was played with fiery promiscuity by ballerina Ariana Gonzalez, who was flirtatious with a fan in one scene and brandishing a knife in another.
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Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Wind words proliferated and spread with untamed promiscuity, as did wind gods, all around the planet.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter is, sometimes accidentally but more often on purpose, a lightning rod, the kind of pop star whose art and humor consistently get hoovered up into the overarching fights over women’s promiscuity and desirability.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Set in the 1970s, the novel tells the story of the return of Tieta to the remote village of Santana do Agreste 26 years after being banished for promiscuity, beaten and expelled by her father in front of all the town’s people.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
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Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Wind words proliferated and spread with untamed promiscuity, as did wind gods, all around the planet.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter is, sometimes accidentally but more often on purpose, a lightning rod, the kind of pop star whose art and humor consistently get hoovered up into the overarching fights over women’s promiscuity and desirability.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Set in the 1970s, the novel tells the story of the return of Tieta to the remote village of Santana do Agreste 26 years after being banished for promiscuity, beaten and expelled by her father in front of all the town’s people.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuity
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The Bible teaches that lying, stealing, adultery and coveting your neighbor’s property are sins.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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The facile novelty of adultery is its own mask, a sexy way of dressing up a deep, frightened longing for security.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Grammy winner, 31, who debuted late last month as Zidler in the Tony-winning adaptation of the 2001 musical film, will now be taking her final bow on Friday — less than a week after her post Saturday accusing 36-year-old Thompson of infidelity.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Authorities painted a picture of fights and arguments — including when Ashley accused him of infidelity — that ratcheted up to the killings.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Inflamed by Ratansen’s adviser’s account of Padmavati’s beauty, Alauddin Khalji storms the fortress by treachery rather than valor.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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But Bateman's treachery also had a distinctly silly side.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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Of the six House members expelled, the first three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and were expelled for disloyalty.—
Kevin Freking,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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The first three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and were expelled for disloyalty.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The president was a crook, their friends were dying, and the previous decade of free love and expression seemed far away.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Styles’ current persona is harder to pin down, landing somewhere between free love cult leader (there’s a gospel choir credited on no less than five Kiss All the Time tracks) and a life coach.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar. 2026
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Years ago, during his first term, Trump was lamenting the perfidy of his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Any time there is a crisis in Iran, the 1953 British-American coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh is dusted off as Exhibit A in the case against Western perfidy.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
12 Nov. 2025
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According to the verdict form, the jury found Kennard liable for $250,000 for the criminal conversation claim and awarded another $1.5 million in damages for the alienation of affection claim.—
Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
12 Nov. 2025
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Public plans often have more restrictions based on misconduct, but the standard for forfeiture typically relies on a criminal conviction, according to experts.—
Anna Liss-Roy The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2026
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That swing drew a 10-minute misconduct penalty and an Avs power play to end the stanza.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Promiscuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promiscuity. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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