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dating app

American  
[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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Connor Manners, 27, used a dating app to lure Gary Nicol to meet near a primary school in Livingston, West Lothian, on 26 September 2024.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The dating app Hinge, where more than half the users are Gen Z members, launched a feature in April where users can list three date options.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The court heard Manners and Nicol were previously unknown to each other but made contact through the dating app, Grindr.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

On one recent Thursday night, dating app startup Known hosted a dating event at a swanky San Francisco cocktail lounge for people who completed their matchmaking call on the app.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 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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