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
Yet despite the growing global consensus that all trysts should start on the opposite sides of a hockey puck, most real-life skating entanglements occur between athletes on the same team.
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Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Many stumble into their digital trysts accidentally after playing around with AI.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Alice, who often visited Charlotte's resting place, also knew about Jack and Rachel's secret trysts near the graveyard.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Many stumble into their digital trysts accidentally after playing around with AI.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Alice, who often visited Charlotte's resting place, also knew about Jack and Rachel's secret trysts near the graveyard.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tryst
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There’s a class divide between them — though Lola has endured trauma Bebo hasn’t experienced — and once the stormy appeal of their rendezvous is replaced by harsh reality, the frailty of their connection becomes evident.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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Military intelligence services managed to track down Osguera after finding out about his rendezvous, authorities said after the operation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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What looks at first like a cooking class, is actually a doctor's appointment designed to help children and families build real-life skills around food and health.—
Breana Pitts,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The following closing dates have also been announced, according to Colorado Ski Country USA's website.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Paul's case has a review date in August, KSL previously reported.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tryst. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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