: a gathering of people especially for the expression of their mutual love

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But while the meeting between host and cast was a little bit of a celebratory love-in, Probst also believes there has never been more on the line. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026 Netflix’s love-in with Japanese content is continuing. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026 Getting by with a little help from longtime obsessive Jackson’s production company, Disney+’s latest love-in restores this footage, and alongside breaking its six parts into eight, adds a ninth assembled from the cutting room floor. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025 Fennell was also present in the audience—a real period, gothic cinema love-in. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2025 Near the end of the third period, however, the love-in had worn off, and fans booed No. 91 soundly. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 This love-in belies the real dynamics at play in Europe. Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025 Founded in 1966-67, Sly and the Family Stone was the first major group to include Black and white men and women, embodying a time when anything seemed possible -- riots and assassinations, communes and love-ins. Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of love-in was in 1967

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“Love-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love-in. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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