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dating app

American  
[dayt-ing ap] / ˈdeɪt ɪŋ ˌæp /

noun

dating apps plural
  1. an app that enables users to search for someone to go out on a date with or matches them with likely candidates.


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On one recent Thursday night, dating app startup Known hosted a dating event at a swanky San Francisco cocktail lounge for people who completed their matchmaking call on the app.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

In one fake photo she has a new haircut; in others she is imagined booking herself on a singles' holiday, training for a marathon and creating a profile on a dating app.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

The house’s roster has included an Indonesian theologian, a singer at a trade opera center, and a Japanese U.N. translator the house helped join a dating app.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Julie, who had been with her partner Tony Donohue from the age of 17 until his death in November 2020, described signing up to a dating app as "a really big step".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

First she made me go on the dating app Tinder.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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