matchmaker
noun
match·mak·er
ˈmach-ˌmā-kər 
: one that arranges a match
especially
: one who tries to bring two unmarried individuals together in an attempt to promote a marriage
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Matilda reportedly played matchmaker for the couple, who have now welcomed two kids together, their son Hart and another baby born in 2022.
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Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
The woman famous for playing matchmaker Dolly Levi reconnected with a junior high school crush and, happy at last, married at eighty-two.
—CBS News, 6 June 2024
Murdoch, 93, let Wendi Deng, his third wife, play matchmaker and set him up with Elena Zhukova, 67, as the Daily Mail reported.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
The government would act as the matchmaker and also provide the funding for startups to be able to work together with their larger peers.
—Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2024
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Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
The woman famous for playing matchmaker Dolly Levi reconnected with a junior high school crush and, happy at last, married at eighty-two.
—CBS News, 6 June 2024
Murdoch, 93, let Wendi Deng, his third wife, play matchmaker and set him up with Elena Zhukova, 67, as the Daily Mail reported.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
The government would act as the matchmaker and also provide the funding for startups to be able to work together with their larger peers.
—Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2024
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“Matchmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchmaker. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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