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computer dating

British  

noun

  1. the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They might play the last two people on Earth meeting for the first time, or an Irish girl and a Jewish boy matched by computer dating.

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They are brought swiftly together by a computer dating service in the opening minutes of “The Good Liar.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2019

“It’s kind of like computer dating gone bad.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2016

The student newspaper wrote an article about the launch of Project Flame and followed up the next day with a lead editorial condemning computer dating.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2014

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