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computer dating

British  

noun

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

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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.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

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

By Posted Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at 9:30 AM ET Dan Slater boasts a relatively rare —for now—perspective on computer dating.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2013

One of the shows is on computer dating, and it reminds me of Adam.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

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