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airdate

noun

air·​date ˈer-ˌdāt How to pronounce airdate (audio)
: the scheduled date of a broadcast

Examples of airdate in a Sentence

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The original airdate of the video attached to this article is Nov. 5, 2025. Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025 Possibly aware that turning up on time just isn’t very rock‘n’roll, the BBC announced the airdate, and then pulled it from the schedule without explanation. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025 Tamara Braun’s Young and the Restless officially has an airdate! Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 An airdate for Singh’s debut has not yet been set. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for airdate

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of airdate was in 1950

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“Airdate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airdate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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