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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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as in duration
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances
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Recent Examples of date
Denni Hu, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
In 1914, workers at La Brea found the first, and to date only, human remains, a skull and other bones from a young woman who died about 9,000 years ago.
—Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 23 July 2025
Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 July 2025
In a court filing dated July 19 and obtained by Rolling Stone, Janice Turner’s lawyers asked Judge David S. Leibowitz to sentence her to only 30 months.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
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Noun
The limited-edition postcards will be available at more than 10 boutiques in China until Aug. 29, which is the actual date of this year’s Qixi.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
In 1914, workers at La Brea found the first, and to date only, human remains, a skull and other bones from a young woman who died about 9,000 years ago.
—Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 23 July 2025
Verb
Thus, when these space rocks fall to Earth, these unique decaying isotopes can be used to date their arrival on Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 July 2025
In a court filing dated July 19 and obtained by Rolling Stone, Janice Turner’s lawyers asked Judge David S. Leibowitz to sentence her to only 30 months.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
Noun
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Advertisement The White House on Thursday said that Trump did not support the appointment of a special counsel.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
21 July 2025
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Nance is also exploring volunteer opportunities with Legal Aid of Arkansas after her appointment as dean ends.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
21 July 2025
Noun
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To prevent the transfer of sensitive intellectual property, the exiting team members are required to serve a period of gardening leave, the duration of which is decided in their contract with the current team.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Expectations were low for the summit in the Chinese capital marking 50 years of diplomatic ties after weeks of escalating tension and wrangling over its format, with the duration abruptly halved to a single day at Beijing’s request.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Instead, leading Senate Republicans released a discussion draft, accompanied by a request for industry feedback, earlier this week.—
Owen Tedford,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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This was accompanied by Osbourne's debut solo single, Crazy Train, which was released in 1987.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Trump officials attempted to deport thousands of international students for minor offenses, banned the entry of students to attend Harvard and stated an intention to end Optional Practical Training and STEM OPT, which economists say would be a significant blow to attracting world-class talent.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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One faction, Nashville SC supporters group La Brigada De Oro, stopped attending matches for multiple months in light of a series of raids in the Tennessean capital.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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The spacecraft will use its return to Earth to make a gravity slingshot maneuver to send it onto the next step of its journey: a rendezvous with the main belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS, which will occur around 2035.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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Back at the rendezvous point, Pike is giving two frustrating bits of news.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Recent data up to July 19 shows a drop in both violent and property crime across Downtown and Over-the-Rhine, where police have focused efforts on countering a triple-digit increase compared with this time this year.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
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Osbourne performed multiple times in Kentucky throughout his career, including stops at Rupp Arena, Cardinal Stadium and Freedom Hall.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
23 July 2025
Verb
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France has funnelled billions into a joint venture with Mistral AI and Nvidia, while Germany is courting Anthropic after its own memorandum with DSIT in February.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Nationally, other polls suggest Trump is failing to court the support of the majority of voters.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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On that show, McMahon played antagonist Cole Turner, the half-demon assassin also known as Belthazor who romances Alyssa Milano's Phoebe.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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Like many of Anderson’s protagonists, Gustave is a reprobate of the first order, romancing old ladies for their fortunes and such.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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