as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness
his jokes are awfully dated, referring to things that happened years ago
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as in accompanied
to go on a social engagement with
I don't want to date him—I'd rather just be friends
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as in attended
to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage
we dated for two years before we got engaged
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Recent Examples of dated
Sophie Aliece Hollis, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
Yet The Day After, with its cartoonish visuals and dated fashions, gave me nightmares.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Thurman dated Arpad Busson, and the pair became engaged in 2008 before splitting in 2009.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Integrating these hues doesn't mean your home has to feel heavy or dated.
—Sophie Aliece Hollis, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
Yet The Day After, with its cartoonish visuals and dated fashions, gave me nightmares.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Verb
In a letter to Tamarac city officials dated March 5, the OIG requests a trove of material from the west Broward city, including contracts, invoices, payments, copies of checks, emails and text messages.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Thurman dated Arpad Busson, and the pair became engaged in 2008 before splitting in 2009.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dated
Adjective
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With news breaking that Meghan was pregnant with their son Archie, she and Harry were widely viewed as the fresh new faces of an archaic institution.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Granted, these creatives still need to contend with archaic royalty structures and the complications of streaming payouts, but not everyone is cut out to be an Alicia Keys or an Ed Sheeran (two artists whose songs were performed at the Disney Aulani resort, where the episode was taped).—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Under sunny skies, and accompanied by warm southerly winds of 5 to 10 mph, Austin’s daytime temperatures on Saturday could soar to 94 degrees, similar to the 97-degree reading last Sunday (a record for March 15).—
Roberto Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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One, a 7-year-old girl named Birdie, was accompanied by her mother, who sat at the same piano stool a generation ago as a student.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Zelenskyy said the London talks, also attended by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, would assess energy security, after Russia hammered Ukraine's power grid over the winter, and the battlefield situation.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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When my husband’s mother died, his ex-wife attended the funeral.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Last month, Anthropic released a suite of industry-specific plug-ins for its Claude Cowork AI agent, panicking investors over fears that traditional enterprise software-as-a-service companies could soon be made obsolete.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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As spotted by MacRumors, Apple has added the 8GB iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 to its obsolete list.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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In response, governments across the continent have courted foreign investment to help build their manufacturing base, including for mineral and metal refining.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The wider Iranian conflict is particularly well documented, in part because Dubai has openly courted influencers and content creators to boost its image as an international business hub and travel destination.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
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An antiquated 105-year-old American law threatens to exacerbate the energy shocks triggered by the Iran war.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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The nightly viewership of the somewhat antiquated TV format can no longer justify the expense — at least, that’s the roundabout reason CBS gave for canceling The Late Show.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Don't miss the museum's architectural treasures, which include a fully reconstructed Japanese teahouse and a medieval cloister.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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Readers will be intrigued by the connections Anya makes in solving the puzzle, drawing on her knowledge of manuscripts, medieval history, and art history.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Dated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dated. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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