as in dating
the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married a long-married couple who look back on their whirlwind courtship with fondness and laughter

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Recent Examples of courtship The series takes her journey as the jumping-off point for its central plot: A gregarious girl who is a misfit in America finds herself in an unlikely courtship with a cooler dyspeptic Brit. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 July 2025 Yet the bank’s courtship of its domestic peer has also been mired in hurdles. Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 11 June 2025 This past December, artists, publishers, media companies and more banded together to form the Creative Rights in AI Coalition, which aims to keep the current copyright protections in place despite the U.K.’s continued courtship of AI technology. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 After a months-long courtship in which each side felt the other out, Ruben Treviño Morales, one of Miguel Ángel and Óscar Omar’s 15-odd siblings, agreed to meet Huff in person. Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for courtship
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romance
Noun
  • Swift and Kelce famously started dating in the summer of 2023, and seemingly first confirmed their romance when Swift started popping up at his NFL games in September of that year.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The couple first sparked romance rumors when Megan posted an Instagram photo with Thompson in the background in early July.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtship. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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