Definition of trystnext
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 leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker challenged McConnell to publicly deny that the two are engaged in a romantic tryst. — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 After Venus and Jupiter’s tryst, there’s a brief dark-sky window around a New Supermoon — the biggest of the year — on June 15, before the summer solstice on June 21 brings the shortest nights of the year. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 Others were tired or even sordid, designed not for trysts but for airport stopovers, to grant a portion of hurried, adequate sleep. — Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026 Drinks out and crashing a surprise birthday party do not constitute a courthouse tryst, the SJC was told. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tryst
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Noun
  • China’s lunar landings will involve a lunar-orbit rendezvous similar to what NASA did in the 1960s and early 1970s with the Apollo program.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • What first plays like a glamorous hotel rendezvous turns out to be the making of one, blending reality and fiction.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The pledge also called for classroom screen-time limits and the appointment of a chief privacy officer.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Slaven also said more appointments were completed in fiscal year 2025 — which ran from October 2024 through September last year — than in any year of the Biden administration.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • California officials have previously said the list is out of date and includes legitimate voters -- a sentiment that the federal judge presiding over the case echoed in his blistering order denying the federal government's request.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Not exactly the most romantic first-date conversation, but I was done going into relationships blindly.
    — Renia Goral, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tryst. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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