Thesaurus results for DATES

dates 1 of 2

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

Four European dates have been set for next June in Germany, Denmark and Norway. — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 They may have been kept open throughout the year for rituals commemorating important dates and festivals, as well as the worshipping of the dead. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 Specific dates and times were still to be determined as of Friday. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 Last week, Macklemore shared that following his announcement all three dates have since sold out. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026 Pick high-fiber fruits One strategy Feller recommends is to incorporate fiber-rich fruits, such as dates, pears and raspberries, into your snack and meal schedule. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Compiling and sharing data from large races can also help event organizers assess whether changes like earlier start times or alternate dates help reduce the number of people who get sick or hurt. — STAT, 2 Oct. 2026 Additionally, the automaker has committed to continuing to build traditional V-8 and V-12 engines until the latter of those dates. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026 Those dates are alternate beach closure dates for Boca Chica Beach, which is a beach near Starbase, and a good indicator of when SpaceX plans to fly. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

Verb

In June, the group opened a series of arena dates ahead of Turnpike Troubadours and Muscadine Bloodline. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 The Latinxorcists’ origin dates to February 2022, after Chavez met co-founders Alfredo Hernandez and Ricardo Martinez at a virtual screenwriters mixer. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The contract marks the latest turn in a replacement effort that dates at least to 2009, when the FAA completed modeling and selected a site for a future tower at the airport, according to previous Bee reporting and county records. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Maryland’s reporting system dates to a 2024 law, but its deepfake prohibition and new removal authority took effect June 1, 2026. — Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 This kind of behavior modification technique dates to the early 20th century. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The history of the bolo tie, which emerged in the Southwest, dates as far back as the 1940s. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026 The Postal Service dates to Benjamin Franklin, the first postmaster general, whose portrait and bust are displayed in Steiner's office overlooking the Washington Wharf. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Those dates are alternate beach closure dates for Boca Chica Beach, which is a beach near Starbase, and a good indicator of when SpaceX plans to fly. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dates

Noun

During the rendezvous with the space station, five thrusters in the capsule's service module failed, resulting in a temporary loss of full maneuverability.

— William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
That makes communications, navigation, orbital rendezvous, and mission logistics substantially harder.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of rendezvous

Noun

Each implant can be programmed to recognize pulses with specific voltages and durations, allowing the network to selectively activate individual devices.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Instead of the aproximately one-hour mission durations of Starship's previous suborbital launches, Flight 14's orbital jaunt, if everything goes according to plan, is expected to last nearly 10 hours.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of durations

Verb

Still, getting ourselves out via some traction boards would have saved on money, frustration and the embarrassment that accompanies getting stuck less than a mile from the highway.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
Previously unseen artwork accompanies his account of how the visual identity developed alongside the music.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of accompanies

Verb

Richards played Kelly Van Ryan, a spoiled cheerleader who attends Blue Bay High School, shot at Ransom Everglades in Coconut Grove.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Caroline DeRossette, whose daughter attends East Mississippi Community College, sees the same shift.

— Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of attends

Noun

Rollers, microcurrent devices and buccal appointments command premium prices, and framing them as dual-purpose products for skin plus stress expands the audience beyond people primarily focused on wrinkles or puffiness.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Measure Value And Rollout Readiness Separately Business measures may include incremental appointments, after-hours capture, request-resolution time and staff capacity returned.

— Manjot Pal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of appointments

Noun

Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Using accounting as an example, Ladish said the AI is given tens of thousands of accounting problems to solve through trial and error, repeating them millions of times across thousands of parallel training runs.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 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

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