dating service
noun
: a business that introduces people to each other so that they can decide if they want to date each other
online dating services
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Bumble — The online dating service surged 16% in premarket trading after disclosing $40 million in annual cost savings from firing staff, with most of the proceeds being reinvested back into the business.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Ken Thomas, Cofounder & President of BOND Select Dating, a leading premier dating service in New York, Miami and LA.
—Ken Thomas, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
While 19% of all dating service users said they had been asked for money by a potential match, that happened most frequently on Tinder (37%).
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
All of this raises the question of what entrepreneurs in the dating service industry can do to combat this shortfall.
—Alexander Pershikov, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Here’s what borrowers need to know. BREAKFAST BROWSE Operation Match: The dating service that changed our love lives
Many couples now meet by swiping through dating apps.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Ashley Madison is an online dating service that was originally targeted towards people looking to have an affair — either with married individuals or singles.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
The news reports of Schreiber’s synthesis were less than adulatory--Esquire magazine gave him a Dubious Achievement Award for creating a cockroach dating service.
—Gary Taubes, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
As her fiance Ken Steinkamp tells it, the couple met through a dating service on a rainy night in December 2019.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Ken Thomas, Cofounder & President of BOND Select Dating, a leading premier dating service in New York, Miami and LA.
—Ken Thomas, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
While 19% of all dating service users said they had been asked for money by a potential match, that happened most frequently on Tinder (37%).
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
All of this raises the question of what entrepreneurs in the dating service industry can do to combat this shortfall.
—Alexander Pershikov, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Here’s what borrowers need to know. BREAKFAST BROWSE Operation Match: The dating service that changed our love lives
Many couples now meet by swiping through dating apps.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Ashley Madison is an online dating service that was originally targeted towards people looking to have an affair — either with married individuals or singles.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
The news reports of Schreiber’s synthesis were less than adulatory--Esquire magazine gave him a Dubious Achievement Award for creating a cockroach dating service.
—Gary Taubes, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
As her fiance Ken Steinkamp tells it, the couple met through a dating service on a rainy night in December 2019.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
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“Dating service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dating%20service. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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