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as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
dateless artifacts left by an obscure people of the distant past
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as in eternal
lasting forever
the dateless cycle of the seasons
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as in immortal
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish
it is because of their dateless themes that the plays of Shakespeare are still performed today
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Recent Examples of dateless
Else Texas men's basketball will be dateless when other teams will be enjoying the Big Dance.
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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
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
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Around practically all galaxies are collections of mostly ancient stars known as globular clusters.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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All of those on hand noted the striking parallel between Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people from annihilation in ancient Persia, and the dismantling of government in what is now Iran.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But Survivor, that’s eternal, baby.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Williams’ lush, imaginative score filled with whimsical and poignant themes captures the wonder of Neverland, the nostalgia of childhood and the eternal struggle between growing up and staying young at heart.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The man, after all, was immortal in Denver, with two Super Bowl rings as a player and one as an executive.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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While all FRPs are extremely strong despite their relatively light weight, UNC’s self-healing FRP composites are even stronger than typical FRP composites, and compared with the standard FRP composite lifespan of decades (a problem since the 1930s), are practically immortal.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The charro is far from a modest vaquero, but a venerable caballero (gentleman) who has mastered the wrangling artistry of the frontier.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Even so, the move has been interpreted in media circles as the result of dissatisfaction with how the venerable newsmagazine has been treated in recent months, with senior executives pressing the show to cut back on its hard-news and investigative stories.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Rice cooked in a paella dish over a wood fire, oven-baked, or made in a creamy broth—with just vegetables, with fish or meat, with tomato, with squid ink—the possibilities are endless and there’s a rice dish to satisfy any palate.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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This private villa is perched on the foothills of the Dassang coastline and looks out at rice fields and endless stretches of ocean.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For over a decade, Claire and Jamie Fraser have loved each other across centuries, continents, and wars; their devotion as enduring as the Highland mist that first enveloped their story.—
Carly Witteman,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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No stranger to polish, Elle Fanning's opulent old money blonde is posh and timeless, proving that the color trend is more enduring than most.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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Each Tuesday, the group meets for breakfast at the Marietta Diner, often filling the parking lot with their antique vehicles.—
Laura Berrios,
AJC.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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On a recent video call, Nick Manousos, the executive director of the Horological Society of New York, holds an antique Swiss pocket watch up to the screen.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2026
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Then there’s Rick Devens, whose reputation coming off of his fourth-place finish in season 38’s Edge of Extinction is less of a coldly calculating snake than a perpetual-motion machine whose strategizing and idol-hunting has the 50 returnees already exhausted at the thought of playing with him.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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Like a kind of obsolescence foretold, Evaporator’s 11 songs don’t really go anywhere, locked into the perpetual first act of circular motion.—
Ben Cardew,
Pitchfork,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Dateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dateless. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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