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 trysts
Per the season's sneak peek, this year's voyage pairs steamy trysts among the crew with some grimace-worthy incidents, from jellyfish sightings and jet ski accidents (and what looks to be a lone charter guest floating out to sea on a raft).
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
On the reviewing platform, Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa notorious for her trysts with military men, sat up straight and watched them with brightly shining eyes.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
History records that in the summer of 1920, the pair met up twice for two lovers’ trysts, once in Vienna and once in border-town Gmünd, but it is not known what occurred during these trysts.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
On the reviewing platform, Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa notorious for her trysts with military men, sat up straight and watched them with brightly shining eyes.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
History records that in the summer of 1920, the pair met up twice for two lovers’ trysts, once in Vienna and once in border-town Gmünd, but it is not known what occurred during these trysts.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trysts
Noun
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These include the technical challenges of making safe rendezvous in orbit and the economic challenge of making refueling systems and servicing platforms cost-effective.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Sean Penn, though, didn’t need to leave his house for such a rendezvous.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The mother of two would often caution her sons against making any friends at all, and growing up, Ed did not go on dates, per TIME.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Master distiller emeritus Chris Morris selected 63 barrels for this release that were distilled on two production dates in 2007, making this a 17-year-old bourbon, and the whiskey was matured on the fourth floor of Warehouse J and the first floor of Warehouse G at the Brown-Forman Distillery.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Patients will have the option of checking in for appointments at the counters with staff or by using kiosks available on every floor.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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That's in addition to her regular obstetric appointments.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Trysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trysts. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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