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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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Aisha, not her real name, met her ex-husband on a Muslim dating app during the pandemic and began a whirlwind romance.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Wragg stood down as an MP after admitting to sharing colleagues' personal phone numbers with someone he met on a dating app.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Grindr was a pioneering geolocative dating app for queer men when tech entrepreneur Joel Simkhai launched it in 2009 in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The dating app operator posted lower fourth-quarter revenue after the bell Wednesday as its paying user base declined.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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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