1
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
2
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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1
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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2
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
Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Arkansas State, Stanford, Sam Houston, Duke, Purdue, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas State are all signed for future dates through 2030.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
The Foos will hit the road shortly, playing tour dates in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Mexico before the end of the year.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
The season’s second half features trips to Houston, Colorado and Cincinnati, plus home dates with Baylor and Kansas and, finally, the Territorial Cup.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Pay attention to the dates and check the event Facebook pages and websites for more detailed information.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Happy news, personally or professionally, may manifest near these dates.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Both rescheduled their concerts to later dates.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Here are the peak dates of meteor showers anticipated in 2025, according to the American Meteor Society and EarthSky.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The fundamental notion of a bifurcation dates to 1885, when the French mathematician Henri Poincaré, inspired by studies of Saturn’s rings, modeled how fluids rotate around a mass.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The eligibility dates for the 2024 Emmy Awards apply to shows that aired between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Brown-Forman Corporation's oldest Kentucky-based still, which dates to 1933, went into semi-retirement about two years ago, Morris told me.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
While the name has changed numerous times over the years, the existence of a TV Movie category dates all the way back to the first-ever Emmy Awards in 1949.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The collaboration dates to the early 1980s, when Knott’s Berry Farm in southern California opened the first Camp Snoopy, per Six Flags.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
See all of Lady Gaga’s upcoming tour dates below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2025
The practice dates to the analog days, when baristas needed to write customers' names manually to differentiate orders.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Fans eagerly flipped through its pages, circling premiere dates and planning their weekly schedules around prime-time lineups.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Arkansas State, Stanford, Sam Houston, Duke, Purdue, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas State are all signed for future dates through 2030.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
The Foos will hit the road shortly, playing tour dates in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Mexico before the end of the year.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
The season’s second half features trips to Houston, Colorado and Cincinnati, plus home dates with Baylor and Kansas and, finally, the Territorial Cup.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Pay attention to the dates and check the event Facebook pages and websites for more detailed information.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Happy news, personally or professionally, may manifest near these dates.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Both rescheduled their concerts to later dates.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Here are the peak dates of meteor showers anticipated in 2025, according to the American Meteor Society and EarthSky.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
Premiere dates drop without fanfare, entire seasons release at once, and cliffhangers have largely been replaced by bingeable story arcs.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The fundamental notion of a bifurcation dates to 1885, when the French mathematician Henri Poincaré, inspired by studies of Saturn’s rings, modeled how fluids rotate around a mass.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The eligibility dates for the 2024 Emmy Awards apply to shows that aired between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Brown-Forman Corporation's oldest Kentucky-based still, which dates to 1933, went into semi-retirement about two years ago, Morris told me.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
While the name has changed numerous times over the years, the existence of a TV Movie category dates all the way back to the first-ever Emmy Awards in 1949.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The collaboration dates to the early 1980s, when Knott’s Berry Farm in southern California opened the first Camp Snoopy, per Six Flags.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
See all of Lady Gaga’s upcoming tour dates below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2025
The practice dates to the analog days, when baristas needed to write customers' names manually to differentiate orders.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dates
Noun
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The pair's progenitors engaged in a rendezvous that stripped off the outer layers of proto-Charon to create a disk of icy debris.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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So Greenlight is the site of many of our rendezvous.—
James Factora,
Them.,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Overall, Brazil’s sandbox is sharper for securities pilots and secondary-market plumbing, while Mexico is broader for novel business models with tight guardrails and defined maximum durations.—
Juan Arroyo,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This feature will help users better understand their sleep patterns through bedtimes, heart rates and sleep durations tracking.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The stutter that often accompanies lower-end portable displays isn’t present here.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nguyen, who regularly accompanies migrants at immigration court, said Friday that the group has not seen any arrests in the hallway for the past two weeks.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Murtagh attends the service but won’t sit next to Brian and tries to evade him afterward.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Whether someone attends an event, visits the gallery, or donates to a charity, Joan emphasizes the importance of staying in touch.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, the State Public Defender office is struggling to attract law school graduates who are discouraged by low pay and the demanding nature of public defender appointments while still paying off student loans.—
MARGARET SHREINER,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Expanding telemedicine appointments, which increased by 77 percent in 2025.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These entries, laying out a monthslong plot in excruciating detail, revealed multiple visits to Tops Friendly Markets to survey the store’s layout and analyze a Google graph feature for the location’s busiest times.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Change is inherently pressured, and building 'organizational muscles' in times of adversity helps make teams more resilient and ultimately antifragile.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The 2022 bare-knuckle holiday sensation Violent Night followed an embittered Santa, armed with lethal combat skills, who takes out a team of ruthless mercenaries to rescue a girl and her family.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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And to be clear, there's no extra power here, no gigantic wing that takes out flocks of birds, and no pink STI badge on the trunk.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Dates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dates. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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