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courtship

noun

ˈkȯrt-ˌship

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the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married a long-married couple who look back on their whirlwind courtship with fondness and laughter

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Recent Examples of courtship The couple, who met in 1987 and married in 1991, made headlines when they got engaged after a whirlwind six-month courtship. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 22 May 2026 According to the heteronormative version of bluegill courtship, mating season begins when males start building nests—basically, bowl-like depressions in the lake bed. — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Lennon’s recounting of his and Ono’s meeting at a London show of her work, and of the bashful courtship that followed, is one of the most tender and revealing parts of the interview. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 Yes, their courtship was singular, sweeping and at times volatile, but I was mostly struck by the acute disconnect between the way they were posthumously characterized by friends and family and the often misogynistic, reductive narrative that surrounded them at the time. — Connor Hines, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for courtship

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That may be one reason online dating has become increasingly accepted among mature adults.

— Matthew Kayser Updated July 6, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Radiocarbon dating shows that many of them died within a very short time span; in several cases parents and children were buried together.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 July 2026

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