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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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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

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

The woman, a freelance artist, met Roberts in March 2024 on a dating app, before he defrauded her of £8,660 during their five-month relationship.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

First she made me go on the dating app Tinder.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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