Definition of DALLIANCES

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an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat

Recent Examples on the Web Sports ownership is, almost exclusively, the dalliance of the extremely wealthy. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "Harsh times could await some Bay Area teams as coronavirus slows cash flow," 14 May 2020 One debate concerned dalliances between relatives in 19th-century novels. — ProPublica, "The Hate Store: Amazon’s Self-Publishing Arm Is a Haven for White Supremacists," 8 Apr. 2020 But Reagan’s embrace of the Religious Right made up for his dalliances with the occult. — Jared Yates Sexton, The New Republic, "The Cult of the Shining City Embraces the Plague," 25 Mar. 2020 Athletics had long been looked at as a dalliance here, one that, if pursued too vigorously, might diminish a fine academic reputation. — New York Times, "How a Positive Thinker Took Swarthmore From Nowhere to No. 1," 6 Mar. 2020 The new restaurant was apparently casting gold, because the Vanderpump Rules season 8 previews show that Max is likely getting himself into trouble this season because of his numerous dalliances with the ladies of SUR and TomTom. — Lindsay Denninger, refinery29.com, "TomTom Manager Max Is New On Vanderpump Rules & He Seems Like Trouble," 7 Jan. 2020 In episode nine, a committee of senior members of the family ask Princess Anne about her dalliance with Andrew Parker Bowles (who would go on to marry Charles’ love, Camilla). — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, "Fact-Checking The Crown: How Much of Season 3 Is True — and How Much Is Imagined?," 18 Nov. 2019 Cowboys — Grant Delpit, S, LSU: Dallas' dalliance with the Jets on a potential trade for Jamal Adams showed the team had interest in adding a playmaker at safety, so why not move down the line to the next LSU product? — Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY, "NFL mock draft 2020: Where do LSU, Clemson star players land in first round?," 16 Jan. 2020 Diplo and Skrillex on Charlie Rose (2015) Charlie Rose’s 2015 roundtable interview with Skrillex and Diplo, then promoting their work as Jack Ü, is an unlikely time capsule of EDM’s mainstream media dalliances. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The Top 100 Moments of the EDM Decade," 17 Dec. 2019

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“Dalliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dalliance. Accessed 24 May. 2020.

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