Couples are increasingly choosing to live together and share their lives without tying the knot.

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Krishna thinks that a job at a call center is the key to tying the knot.

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Is tying the knot the next status item, reflecting financial comfort and intellectual choice?

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The New Yorker knew one path to grand savings was tying the knot anywhere but the Big Apple.

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After seven years together, and six kids, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are finally tying the knot.

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Almost four-fifths of those tying the knot were from out of state.

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Their nest: For many couples, tying the knot is followed by a home purchase, which could mean qualification for the home-buyer tax credit.

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Last year, after fierce opposition, Parliament voted to remove the prohibition on civil partners tying the knot in churches, synagogues and other religious settings.

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I've used this app for the past week to create four books, including my own wedding album a year and a half after tying the knot.

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Such arrangements should merely be a prelude to tying the knot.

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His session Tying the Knot Between Hadoop and EDW explores the roles both play in big data projects and various approaches for bringing the two together.

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Celebrities who are making millions of dollars tend to make sure they have a pre-nup in place before tying the knot as a way to secure their assets.

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But when I co-founded a business with my husband in late 2009, less than a year after tying the knot, I was sure I knew what I was getting into.

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In his interview with Allen, Gates was unfairly coy when asked what he learned, citing knot-tying, basket-weaving and hiking as his chief lessons.

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