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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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Amanda Turen met Will Mason on a dating app while visiting family in Florida two-and-a-half years ago, and the pair fell in love instantly.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

The dating test furnishes a neat illustration: three profiles—identical in every respect except astrological sign, all showing the same picture of a young man named “Michael”—were created on a popular Chinese dating app.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

During this standoff, CBS Los Angeles’ helicopter spotted a deputy just feet from the crashed car scrolling through what appeared to be a woman’s dating app profile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The 19-year-old was studying in Belfast in March 2020 when she matched with Garfield, who at the time was known as Riagain Grainger, on a popular dating app.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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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