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dating app

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

noun

  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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After that deflating breakup, she had decided to describe herself honestly on a dating app as “wordy, nerdy and kind of sturdy,” and not a lot of people responded, but one did, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

One victim said he agreed to meet a stranger who contacted him on a dating app in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Rachel Serjeant, 30, from Bristol, also met Roberts in October 2022 on a dating app.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Rachel Serjeant, 30, from Bristol, met Roberts in October 2022 on a dating app and scammed her out of £980.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

It also let her see that the car salesman in 8A looked nothing like the photo he’d just posted on a dating app.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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