assignations

plural of assignation
as in dates
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place a midnight assignation between adulterers at a downtown hotel

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Noun
  • After a particularly long orbital chase, more than 24 hours between launch and rendezvous, the crew aboard Dragon are scheduled to dock with the space station Thursday morning, around 7:00 a.m. (1100 GMT).
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 25 June 2025
  • He’s sent on a rendezvous with the Coyotes as punishment, and that’s where Stabler comes face-to-face with Andre, the biker gang’s sadistic leader.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • Reagan was a union head, Schwarzenegger had a few Presidential appointments, and Gibson was named a special ambassador.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • House Bill 1001, the state budget bill, includes language that would shift two appointments from the Gary mayor to the mayors of Crown Point and Hammond to appoint a person each to the Gary Airport Board.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Assignations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assignations. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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