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as in appointment
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock
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Recent Examples of date
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Additional productions will be announced at a later date.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 May 2026
Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
Styles and Kravitz got engaged last week, after dating for eight months.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Series are organized chronologically by 2026 premiere date, with the most recent at the top.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Additional productions will be announced at a later date.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 May 2026
Verb
Randy Holmes—Getty Images This incident is the latest in a long line of clashes between Kimmel and the President, with their feud dating back years.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
Styles and Kravitz got engaged last week, after dating for eight months.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
Noun
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As part of the regional consolidation, offices in distant counties could now answer calls and schedule appointments for Jean’s office, and vice versa.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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In return, doctors offer a more thorough annual physical, same-day appointments, no co-pays and more time with the patient.—
Chris Tomlinson,
Houston Chronicle,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The juxtapositions of text and image, which strongly suggest the widening distance between mother and daughter, build in emotional and intellectual power over the film’s ninety-minute duration.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Software driven by those governing equations could then virtually fast-forward the volcano toward its most probable eruption date, while also describing the likeliest eruption style and duration.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Head chef and owner Diego Briones has created an accomplished, light-hearted menu with hero European ingredients such as white asparagus, accompanied by more unusual combinations like coconut and green papaya.—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
8 May 2026
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Haendel and his assistant knocked on doors and visited local businesses to find community members willing to accompany them to museums and cultural institutions and participate in the project.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
Verb
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The board approved $7,400 in travel expenses for two members of the mayor’s staff who plan to attend.—
Jeff Abell,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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Detectives believe the incident began with an argument between two women attending the gathering and escalated into an altercation between rival gang members, the police chief said.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Boeing’s efforts to keep up kept hitting development snags including its first uncrewed test flight, which missed its rendezvous with the space station entirely in 2019.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Still, the industry looked forward and upward in this annual rendezvous that reiterated its global reach.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The superstar has attended the event seven times, wearing Givenchy to five of those carpets.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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The court customarily holds on to decisions for a month after they are reached to allow time for the losing side to request another hearing.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
Verb
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Ted Turner, the media mogul and philanthropist behind the cable channels CNN, TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, and the WCW who also courted controversy, died at his home near Tallahassee, Florida on Wednesday, according to The New York Times.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
6 May 2026
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As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission takes a growing number of states to court over prediction markets, Chair Mike Selig is monitoring Minnesota and other states that advance legislation that would ban or regulate them, a person familiar with his thinking told Semafor.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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Reduced soot buildup could help reusable launch providers lower maintenance demands and improve engine lifespan between launches.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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Throughout its lifespan, the station has served as a test bed for scientific research in microgravity and has in years past opened itself up to private commercial missions.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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