as in rendezvous
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park
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Recent Examples of tryst
The pair has to keep their tryst secret from their roommate Eric (Friedle).
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Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 12 July 2025
Just as their parents’ past decisions set into motion their own fates, a tryst behind a cheap pizza joint forever changes Tom and Eliza’s lives.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
But the tryst is awkward, brief, and unsatisfying, leaving Isabelle in a deeply alienated state.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
A number of films, such as Drive-In (1976), Grease (1978) and American Drive-In (1985), depicted cars as popular places for trysts.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
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Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 12 July 2025
Just as their parents’ past decisions set into motion their own fates, a tryst behind a cheap pizza joint forever changes Tom and Eliza’s lives.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
But the tryst is awkward, brief, and unsatisfying, leaving Isabelle in a deeply alienated state.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
A number of films, such as Drive-In (1976), Grease (1978) and American Drive-In (1985), depicted cars as popular places for trysts.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tryst
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What's more, Venus and Jupiter's cosmic rendezvous should take place against a backdrop of bright stars – including Orion, Taurus, Gemini and Sirius, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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Practicing for the moon Selected with NASA's second group of astronauts in 1962, Lovell first launched aboard Gemini 7, the first mission to include a rendezvous with another crewed spacecraft (Gemini 6).—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
9 Aug. 2025
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To schedule an appointment, please call the Lottery Player Relations office at 844-887-6836, option 2.—
Detroit Free Press Staff,
Freep.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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But on a recent Wednesday afternoon, seven of nine appointments were rescheduled.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Bad Guys 2 has earned $51.6 million domestically and $44.1 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $95.7 million to date against an $80 million budget before prints and advertising costs, per The Numbers.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The waiver allows passengers with bookings made before Aug. 14 to move their trip to a date between Aug. 21 and Sept. 12.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tryst. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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