workplace romance

noun

: a romance between people who work together

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In another drama, Yeon-hwa and Baek-jin’s relationship would flourish into a problematic workplace romance. Geoffrey Bunting, Time, 1 Aug. 2025 Nearly half of those involved in a workplace romance are top level executives, typically the company's owners or executives. Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 Allow yourselves a little workplace romance, as a treat! Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 1 July 2025 The platform’s top U.S. genres include romance, with popular sub-genres such as cross-cultural workplace romance (working abroad in Korea) and thrillers (betrayals and revenge plots). Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 His character’s complex dynamic with Mi-rae promises to add tension to the workplace romance narrative. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025 During the early stages of their workplace romance, Bridget is unabashedly herself with Daniel. Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025 If using dating apps feels like kissing countless frogs to find the one, developing a workplace romance can be like assessing one’s princely qualities from afar before taking the leap. Jasmine Li, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2024 At the start of 2024, the couple, who made headlines when their workplace romance surfaced in Nov. 2022, said running a marathon was on their vision board for the year during an episode of their Amy & T.J. podcast. Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024

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“Workplace romance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workplace%20romance. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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