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dating app

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[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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Little over a month later, Griffiths met Helen on the dating app Bumble.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

NHS director Joanne, from New Inn, Torfaen, met Griffiths on the dating app Hinge in August 2022.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Known, an AI-driven dating app, has their branding plastered on a store front in the Marina District in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 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

First she made me go on the dating app Tinder.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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