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as in appointment
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock

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as in duration
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances

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date

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verb

1
as in to accompany
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 to attend
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 date
Noun
At the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, gallery owner and curator Jonathan Carver Moore is preparing to open one of his most personal and ambitious exhibitions to date. Okla Jones, Essence, 5 June 2025 Then there’s Evita, another Lloyd Webber classic getting the Jamie Lloyd treatment for a June 14 preview date at the London Palladium, with opening night on July 1. Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 June 2025
Verb
The foundry, which dates to 1906, is allowed to maintain its operations throughout that process. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 June 2025 She’s set to perform a free concert there this weekend, June 7, before hitting the road on her own tour and dates on Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour and with Sierra Ferrell. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for date
Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
Noun
  • The first step is to call the office at 913-599-5000 to schedule an appointment.
    Archway Homes, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
  • What To Know Supreme Court seats are lifetime and supposedly apolitical appointments, but justices occasionally retire during the term of a president who aligns with them politically in order to ensure their legacy is retained by the court.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The way blind people see the world depends on the type, severity, and duration of their vision loss.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
  • The Overture would make those trips possible with a cruise speed of Mach 1.7 that could slash the duration of a transcontinental flight by up to half.
    Edward Russell, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • An accompanying ad campaign for the Converse collaboration featuring Lila Moss is running online and in wild posting.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
  • Utilizing an accompanying app or physical pushbutton controls, riders can choose between Slow, Middle and Fast pedaling preferences.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • The president is clearly quieting one of the loudest critics of the effort, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. Johnson spoke to Trump privately this week and attended a White House meeting on Wednesday with Senate Finance Committee Republicans.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
  • Nathan Howard | Reuters Donald Trump and Elon Musk seemed inseparable not so long ago: attending events together, doing joint interviews and showering praises on each other.
    Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The crew will spend about a day aboard their SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft catching up to the ISS for rendezvous and docking, which is scheduled for Thursday morning (June 12).
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 June 2025
  • At an undisclosed rendezvous point, a different double cross is in the works.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • The number Ferrari chose for the debut is 51, which was the number of the winning Ferrari in 2023, when the marque won Le Mans for the first time in almost 60 years.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
  • The project will be made with the full participation of Iglesias in the creative process for the first time.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • King, however, continued to court the attention of other boys in her circle.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • Critics argue that by focusing solely on efficiency, policymakers and now courts risk ignoring the disproportionate impact of infrastructure projects on low-income and frontline communities.
    Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Arrests and convictions affect a substantial share of Americans and can cast a long shadow of financial insecurity over people’s lives.
    Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • One of the great misfortunes of human life is the fact that much of it is spent in a constant state of worry.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 10 June 2025

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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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