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Recent Examples of dateless 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
  • So, co-author Vance Holliday of the University of Arizona (who also co-authored the 2021 paper) and colleagues decided to radiocarbon-date ancient lake bed and wetlands mud that can be directly traced to the alluvium layers in which the footprints are preserved.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
  • Other scholars looked to Iranian and Central Asian folklore for the meaning of the motifs, proposing that the spots and stripes might be intended to evoke the leopard and tiger skins worn by ancient warriors in those cultures.
    Dorothy Armstrong June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Here, peaks of eternal light and deep craters containing water ice promise the best mining, science and research opportunities.
    Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Space.com, 20 June 2025
  • Emeralds, for one, were thought to bestow wisdom, healing, and eternal life onto the wearer, Christie’s says.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • But nothing has ever come close to the tension that floods our veins at the sound of that immortal two-note ostinato, the signature of John Williams’ suspenseful score.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
  • Now, more than ever before, the immortal words of the All-Star player Kevin Garnett are true: Anything is possible!
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The chain grew quickly in the wake of the 2013 demise of Dominick’s, a venerable Chicago grocer, which was shuttered by its parent company, Safeway.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • The book, published by the venerable San Francisco press, takes a look at the changes people made during the COVID-19 lockdowns and offers a cautiously hopeful view of humanity going forward.
    Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the age of dating apps and endless options, this fear has become more common than ever before.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff/Victoria Turk The worst part of travel is the planning: the faff of finding and booking transport, accommodation, restaurant reservations—the list can feel endless.
    Victoria Turk, Wired News, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • While superior technology and breakthrough innovations have shaped pivotal moments in history, victory has often relied on something more enduring: the ability to mobilize people, platforms, capital and ideas into a cohesive, mission-ready force.
    Toni Townes-Whitley, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • The award recognizes a long-time commitment of service to aquaculture that is deemed highly significant and enduring.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • From a Scandinavian-meets-farmhouse abode to a Dallas dwelling with antique touches, refined spaces around the world feature this frame type.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2025
  • On his way back to the canteen for one of those soft pretzels, Phil saw that the Jasper Gunn Mummy was also being exhibited, accompanied by a display of antique cowboy toys.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Cars honking in support were a perpetual backdrop to the protest as the hot afternoon waned.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • Related Articles In May 2024, the group acquire the perpetual license for Eyewear by David Beckham, which has become one of the most successful within Safilo’s arsenal of brands in recent years.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 20 June 2025

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“Dateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dateless. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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