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Recent Examples of dateless Briones cracked up while taking pictures of the dateless Ball posing with his arm around a stereo speaker on a stand. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2026 Else Texas men's basketball will be dateless when other teams will be enjoying the Big Dance. Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026 Tracy playfully questioned Brett, who was the president of his fraternity, for being dateless and not dressing on theme. Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026 Hailey Bieber went dateless to the 2025 Met Gala as her husband, Justin Bieber, was nowhere to be found. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 May 2025 Her theory about dateless, spiraling young men ends with home prices declining for years, or even decades. Byalena Botros, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024 All my Cinderellas didn’t find their March romance and went home dateless for the second weekend. J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023 Dreams are usually dateless, absent from the illusion of the flow of time. Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dateless
Adjective
  • The company’s Orick sawmill began operating in 1954 and processed ancient redwoods for 55 years before closing in October 2009.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • The disaster also prompted the study of ancient floods as a way to gauge how common large flash floods are in specific areas — a field called paleoflood hydrology.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Adjective
  • That evening would exist forever, suspended, discrete and complete, in the eternal present of time and space.
    Sheila Heti, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • Of course, the eternal It-girl left no shortage of looks to obsess over—even Bella Hadid and Olivia Rodrigo are not immune to the Birkin effect.
    Olivia Allen, Vogue, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • Charlize Theron, portraying the immortal nymph Calypso, offered perhaps the most understated interpretation of method dressing.
    Alex Badia, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • Greek mythology is riddled with humans who become immortal, many as punishment for tangling with the gods.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • There's no shortage of high-end vehicles to drive these days and venerable automakers are competing to produce the greatest, most luxurious and flashiest status symbols.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Dhani Harrison, the son of George Harrison, and venerable producer Nigel Godrich have formed a new duo.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
Adjective
  • The healthiest version of the creator economy shouldn’t leave people in endless one-way communication.
    Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • There was just an endless stream of popular people and brands blasting popular things into your eyeballs and eardrums.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • Classic Whites There’s no kitchen paint color that’s more popular or enduring than white.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • Over the course of the series, that relationship evolved into one of Star Trek’s most enduring slow-burning romances.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • For the event, Vitale slipped into a sleeveless minidress in antique yellow.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 July 2026
  • Keep in mind, too, that thrift stores generally operate on a donation basis, whereas antique stores may operate on consignment, adds Jennifer Johnson, the owner of True Fashionistas, the largest lifestyle resale and consignment store in Florida.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 25 July 2026
Adjective
  • From Luanda, Angola, to Kingston, Jamaica, the global majority are stuck in perpetual debt.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • The overseas equity perps were in the spotlight ahead of the SpaceX IPO with international platforms like Hyperliquid offering perpetual futures in the Elon Musk space company ahead of its official debut.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 27 July 2026

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“Dateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dateless. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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