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as in wooed
to act so as to make (something) more likely
you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches
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as in dated
to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage
they courted for a year before getting married
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Recent Examples of courted
However, the show also courted numerous big-time actors as guest stars across its 10 seasons.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
Increasingly, that cohort includes Gen Z (up to age 27) and millennials (ages 28 to 44), a group Squeri has actively courted.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
His channel’s direction has courted controversy in recent years.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 19 Sep. 2025
She was interviewed everywhere, courted everywhere.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Isak was courted by Chelsea and was then told by Mitchell that the club could not afford to grant him a new contract.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Tesla, meanwhile, was being courted by the Indian government ever since Musk announced his plans to enter the electric car market.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Other designers—Valentino, Versace, Oscar de la Renta, to name a few—also successfully courted celebrities, but few had as much success as Armani.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Swift’s dismay about a powerful ex became a fable for any girl courted by an older guy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
Increasingly, that cohort includes Gen Z (up to age 27) and millennials (ages 28 to 44), a group Squeri has actively courted.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
His channel’s direction has courted controversy in recent years.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 19 Sep. 2025
She was interviewed everywhere, courted everywhere.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Isak was courted by Chelsea and was then told by Mitchell that the club could not afford to grant him a new contract.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Tesla, meanwhile, was being courted by the Indian government ever since Musk announced his plans to enter the electric car market.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Other designers—Valentino, Versace, Oscar de la Renta, to name a few—also successfully courted celebrities, but few had as much success as Armani.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Swift’s dismay about a powerful ex became a fable for any girl courted by an older guy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courted
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Angela Bassett stars as Brenda Brown, a struggling single mother who, while dealing with some incredibly complicated business matters, is wooed by a basketball coach (Rick Fox) who sees potential in her son.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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Kalluk had wooed Chinook over the years, but their match did not produce any cubs.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps the simplest outfit idea here, this classic combo could look dated—but a few choice updates, including a cropped silhouette and a trendy bag, keep it firmly rooted in 2025.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
25 Sep. 2025
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Betty dated characters played by Freddy Rodriguez, Christopher Gorham, Daniel Eric Gold, and Eric Mabius.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Companies were invited to shape the web collaboratively, through technical standards reached by consensus, and, later on, agreed not to sue one another over web technology.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ray Azoulay, founder of LA gallery Obsolete, as well as AD100 firms Pierce & Ward and Heidi Caillier Design were invited to reimagine select patterns from the master's archive as a fabric and wallpaper.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Courted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courted. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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