date
noun
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen.
had dated
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past perfectof date.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The actor has not made official public appearances since a tearful press conference in March 2025, where he said that he had dated Kim Sae-ron for a year, but only when she was an adult.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
He initially listed the home in April 2025—exactly 12 months after he split from Paige, whom he had dated for three years.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
The two had dated while working on the same case, though Wade later withdrew from the case after a judge insisted one of them leave.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
When he and I had dated, he was working as a therapist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
Some of the men, who as boys had dated her, remembered that on picnics neither gnats nor mosquitoes would setde on her.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
