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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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,
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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
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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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