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 that, audio-only updates will continue until Crew Dragon Endeavour begins its rendezvous with the space station, when live video coverage will resume on Saturday (Aug 2) around 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT) ahead of docking, hatch opening and crew arrival aboard the orbiting lab.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
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Finally, in the last week of June, Kosmos 2582 joined them, and all three satellites began flying close to one another, according to Langbroek, who called the frenzy of activity one of the most complex rendezvous and proximity operations exercises Russia has conducted in decades.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 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 15 Aug. 2025.
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