speed dating
noun
: an event at which each participant converses individually with all the prospective partners for a few minutes in order to select those with whom dates are desired
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Attendees can expect activities such as speed dating, sexy apple pie-eating contests, tarot card readers, and live DJ sets for those whose game is strongest on the dance floor.
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Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
Join this speed dating session to meet someone special.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Testing red light therapy for hair loss feels a little like speed dating for your scalp.
—Polly Blitzer, Allure, 6 Dec. 2025
Girls’ nights out have started to feel like speed dating, with everything set on a timer: the restaurant reservation, the babysitter, a middle-aged woman’s ever-diminishing tolerance for noise.
—Jen Wang, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2025
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Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
Join this speed dating session to meet someone special.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Testing red light therapy for hair loss feels a little like speed dating for your scalp.
—Polly Blitzer, Allure, 6 Dec. 2025
Girls’ nights out have started to feel like speed dating, with everything set on a timer: the restaurant reservation, the babysitter, a middle-aged woman’s ever-diminishing tolerance for noise.
—Jen Wang, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for speed dating
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“Speed dating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speed%20dating. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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