Thesaurus results for DATES

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noun

plural of date

as in rendezvous

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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Relevance

as in durations

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

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dates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of date

as in accompanies

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 attends

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 dates

Noun

Key dates this month Venus is about to blaze at peak brilliance, but this farewell performance comes with a challenge. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026 And choosing dates that don’t make for the very popular Thursday-to-Sunday trip can be a cost-saver. — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Document everything Save breach notices, screenshots, dates, names, dispute numbers and copies of letters. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Some of that January increase reflects workers who secured jobs during the final months of the previous year but delayed their start dates. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 Matt Bevin has missed several court dates in the case and did not attend the May 29 hearing in person as required by the judge, appearing via Zoom instead. — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026 If a team is a secondary, third or even fourth tenant, the best dates may not be available. — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Some food items in the refrigerator were undated; dates were added. — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026 For his part, Breen says that both dates are false and that the yearbook picture (which bears a striking resemblance to him) is a different person. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Verb

Notably for Monticello, the stone Putah Creek Bridge that dates to 1896, submerged deep under Lake Berryessa, has been visited by SCUBA divers. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The term wire house dates to an era when large brokerage firms connected their offices to exchanges and one another through private telegraph—and later telephone—wires. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026 His own connection dates to when Spicer was a 12-year-old aspiring drummer and his mother, a friend of Prince’s sister Sharon, introduced him to the musician, then 17. — Keith Murphy, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 The cutoff dates can be as late as October 15 in Maine or as early as July 31 in several states, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 Still, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica were able to identify initial complaint or investigative start dates for 23 of the 83 advisories the agency issued over the past five years by reviewing other licensing violation records. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2026 Book before September 7 for travel dates up until December 25, 2027. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 The Madonna of the Yarnwinder dates to about 1501 and was painted during da Vinci’s mature period. — Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2026 The original celebration dates to October 12, 1810, when a royal wedding in Munich, Germany, included a massive public party. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 1 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dates

Noun

After a nine-minute ascent—which was filmed on board for TBS to broadcast—and a two-day rendezvous, the three crew members arrived at the Mir space station.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
After the Opry rendezvous, Miller and Mascis headed over to Nashville hot spot the Vinyl Tap for an unplanned Neil Young tribute on the bar-slash-record shop’s small stage.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of rendezvous

Verb

Though the post is still live, Rodrigo's track that accompanies the video does not play.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Visiting the Grand Canyon — a crown jewel of the national park system — can be particularly dangerous in the summer because of the risk of flash flooding that accompanies the monsoon, or rainy season.

— Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of accompanies

Verb

According to Mason Thrall, director of operations for the Capitol Region Education Council, the school van was transporting a student who attends Focus School on a Manchester Public Schools route.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
That training continues on the job as Gus attends Welcome Week activities, first-day-of-school photos, athletic events and community programs.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of attends

Noun

Taking this unpaid time upfront, Bornstein hoped, might help shift the tenor of appointments later, and might even convince some to vaccinate once there was a sense of trust.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Faculty influence over big-picture decisions such as budgets and top appointments has declined nationally over the last two decades, and at USC, professors have complained that faculty input is often only advisory and can be overridden.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of appointments

Noun

Winter Springs was whistled for 14 penalties for 135 yards, and Hagerty was flagged 12 times for 125 yards.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2026
The Cubs and Brewers square off seven times in that span, with Monday’s victory putting the North Siders 7 games back of first-place Milwaukee.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of times

Verb

But as Marty Supreme proved last year, debuting after the rest of the competition can also feel a bit like being the lone straggler in a bike race who escapes the cascading crash that takes out everyone else.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Personal loans aren't solving the problem - A common pattern MMI sees is that someone takes out a personal loan to consolidate high-interest credit card debt, then runs the credit cards back up again, ending up with both debts instead of one.

— Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of takes out

Verb

But while the BlackWidow courts a crowd more interested in cracking open their keyboards for DIY tweaks, the Huntsman V3 Pro TKL 8K targets gamers who want fast inputs and faster reaction times.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026
One night in April when the boy playing Orlando was home sick and Jamie was waiting for Adele in their private coital chamber, Bromley kept her late to work on the scene where Orlando courts Rosalind playing Ganymede playing Rosalind.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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