Thesaurus results for DATES

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noun

plural of date

as in rendezvous

an agreement to be present at a specified time and place I have a date to meet my financial consultant at seven o'clock

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Relevance

as in durations

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress the embarrassingly short date of most of his romances

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dates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of date

as in accompanies

to go on a social engagement with I don't want to date him—I'd rather just be friends

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as in attends

to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage we dated for two years before we got engaged

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Recent Examples of dates

Noun

Last week the Financial Times reported that hotels in some host cities are cutting prices for dates during the tournament because bookings haven’t been nearly as high as expected. —

John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 They were forced to cancel those dates and reschedule for spring 2026, losing tens of thousands of dollars in up-front costs and non-refundable fees. —

Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 Hearing dates are more limited in that jurisdiction – the judge does not sit there full time, so this should help push things out further. —

Wendy Hickey, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 One of the early dates is a May 14 gig in Los Angeles at the Bellwether. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026 The nearly century-old estate sits in Nuʻuanu Valley and dates to 1929, when it was commissioned by former territorial governor George Robert Carter and his wife, Helen Strong Carter, whose family is tied to the founding of Eastman Kodak. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026 The viral dessert, which uses minimal ingredients, is typically made with fresh Medjool dates filled with natural nut butter, then covered in dark chocolate and topped with flaky salt. —

Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 Next year, Magic Kingdom tickets will reach $219 on select dates and could go even higher. —

Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026

Verb

And on April 19, congregants toured Pensacola’s Jewish cemetery, where the oldest tombstone dates from 1874 and many inscriptions are in Hebrew and German as well as English. —

Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 According to the World Rock Paper Scissors Association, the game of rock, paper, scissors dates to ancient China in the year 206 BCE, when the symbols were a frog, a snake and a centipede (frog beats centipede, centipede beats snake, and snake beats frog). —

Brian Cheung, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026 Drake said that the confusion dates back to the passage of SEA 10 in 2025, when the state ended a two-decade policy allowing eligible students to vote using qualifying university IDs. —

Vivian Richey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Major bands including Dropkick Murphys pulled out, leading Collins to cancel all 2026 Punk in the Park dates after the donation was discovered. —

Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Find her complete list of tour dates down below. —

Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026 The wood building, including a section that dates to 1666, has been vacant and decaying for at least 15 years. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 The actor, 78, has a history with former president Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton that dates back decades — and played a major role in the longevity of his relationship with wife Steenburgen. —

Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 Asylum seekers were largely allowed to await their court dates outside detention, and many, like Amalia’s family, were granted humanitarian parole. —

Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dates

Noun

While that risk of impact has been confidently ruled out, the date of its future rendezvous with our planet on Friday the 13th is likely no salve to those who are superstitious.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
As Tuesday dawned, Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman continued to beam back pictures of the previous day’s lunar rendezvous, which set a distance record for humanity.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026