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dating app

American

[dayt-ing ap] / ˈdeɪt ɪŋ ˌæp /

noun

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

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

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

And the dating app Tinder is testing the ID in Japan to verify that users are human—and really the age they say they are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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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