CIVIL UNION Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

civil union

noun

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as in domestic partnership

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Recent Examples on the Web One of the things that the administration was thinking of doing was making people who had civil unions dissolve them, so that would have taken some time. —

Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 May 2024 Already in February 2023, the pope had said that Benedict once dismissed a complaint about what Francis said on civil unions, but offered fewer details. —

Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024 Sham argued that the Hong Kong government’s failure to let him and other gay and lesbian couples get married, or enter some forms of civil union partnership, had infringed upon their rights to equality and privacy. —

Chris Lau, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023 Eastern Europe has been slower in moving on LGBTQ rights, though civil unions are more common. —

Time, 21 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for civil union

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