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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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2
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
Dawson hopes to rekindle his relationship with his date, Joey, who's supposedly chosen her friendship with him over her budding romance with Pacey. Breanne L. Heldman, EW.com, 24 May 2025 Visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. April 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, but a visit to the memorial, (which honors the victims of the tragedy) is deserving, no matter what the date is. Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
Verb
All charts dated May 31 will update Wednesday, May 28, on Billboard.com (one day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday May 26). Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 May 2025 The most recent high-profile witness to speak at the trial is Kid Cudi, who testified about his experience dating Cassie in 2011, his car being set on fire during that time, and the aftermath. Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for date
Recent Examples of Synonyms for date
Noun
  • Such appointments are non-paid and allow individuals to hold on to a private sector job.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
  • Her appointment comes as the company’s outgoing Chief Content Officer Sachin Doshi is stepping down from his role in September, but will take a seat on Podimo’s board.
    Peter White, Deadline, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Parameters looked at include the type of listing being booked, the duration of the stay, the distance to the listing from the guest’s primary location and if the booking is last minute.
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
  • Researchers also measured participants’ meal duration, number of bites, number of chews, and chewing speed for each test.1 The results showed fairly stark differences across men and women in the study:1 Number of bites.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • On Thursday morning, Ruth, a volunteer who asked not to be fully identified for fear of retaliation, accompanied an asylum seeker from Colombia to his court hearing — something volunteers have been doing for a long time to support migrants without legal representation.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • Something Beautiful will be accompanied by a visual album, which is set to have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • The 64-year-old director, who last attended the festival in person in 2003, addressed his prize to all Iranians, saying the most important thing was Iran and the country's freedom.
    Miranda Murray, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Some wore the jerseys of forwards Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin, who attended college at the University of Dayton.
    Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • That, in turn, scuttled the main objective of the mission — having the Otter rendezvous with the Launcher tug down the road.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 May 2025
  • The idea the experience sparks — a titillating rendezvous with the naked man at the bottom of her sake glass, Jane would never — is enough to kickstart her writing, at least to spit out some very promising pages.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Reubens found much of his early inspiration in drag During his time at the California Institute of the Arts, Reubens began exploring alternative forms of creativity.
    Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • One of the best times to shop for a mattress is leading up to Memorial Day.
    Nena Farrell, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • And the third is that courting global investors works only if the United States remains investable.
    Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
  • In doing so, its leaders have courted international executives, invested in big-name sports leagues or teams and at times, authorities say, bribed lawmakers and their family members.
    Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • An effort to extend the life of the B61 nuclear bomb also faced significant delays and saw costs more than double – to the tune of an additional $4 billion.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Seeing any woman, particularly a Black woman, establish herself as independently wealthy without the help of a spouse or parent is admirable and reflects an urge in younger generations to live a life that wasn’t as accessible to those who came before us.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 19 May 2025

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“Date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/date. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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