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 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 Today, the park is visited mostly by lovers who use its overgrown grounds for trysts. — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tryst
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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
Noun
  • Budge’s appointment comes in tandem with Fable & Mane’s appointment of Rose Pilato, previously chief marketing officer at The Maker, as its first CMO as the eight-figure brand continues to scale.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The board must still approve the appointment, a step that could come in the next few months.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • With dark wood and moody lighting, this is an excellent date-night spot.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Her Lux Tour has now wrapped, following rescheduled North American dates that culminated with two Miami shows on September 14 and 16.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tryst. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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