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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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Soon after, Fatima secretly joins a dating app, hoping to understand her queerness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 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

This time Julie signed up to a dating app aimed at over-50s, called Ourtime.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Tinder is the most visited dating app, but over the past three years usage has been dropping and it's now only marginally ahead of nearest competitor Hinge.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 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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