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as in haunt
a place for spending time or for socializing
the arcade was the rendezvous of choice for most of the teenagers in town
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as in appointment
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
I have a rendezvous with him at lunchtime
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as in to meet
to come together into one body or place
we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m.
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Recent Examples of rendezvous
Simone McCarthy, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
As if this weren’t enough, the lunar eclipse in Pisces brings unexpected revelations about your love life, urging you to reassess your romantic desires and scandalous rendezvous.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently announced a mission called Ramses, which is going to rendezvous with Apophis, too, some two months before that close pass.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The mission would also attempt technical breakthroughs in surface sampling, takeoff and ascent from the Martian surface, as well as a spacecraft rendezvous in Mars’ orbit, Liu said last week, according to Chinese state media.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
As if this weren’t enough, the lunar eclipse in Pisces brings unexpected revelations about your love life, urging you to reassess your romantic desires and scandalous rendezvous.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Verb
Following a transpacific flight, the American bomber rendezvoused with four Japanese F-2 fighter jets, four South Korean F-15K fighter jets, as well as three U.S. F-16 fighter jets that were forward-deployed in South Korea, for a trilateral escort flight of the bomber.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently announced a mission called Ramses, which is going to rendezvous with Apophis, too, some two months before that close pass.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rendezvous
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This two-house haunt is collecting non-perishable items for the Utah Food Bank, so bring a can in appreciation.Erin Alberty, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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The Hill Has Eyes includes four haunts that span 45 acres.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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The appointment comes as Trinity Laban formalizes its partnership with KMMC, allowing students to split studies between Chennai and London.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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The appointments and nominations have created a political domino scenario in Florida, giving some of the state’s up-and-coming political figures chances to move up in the state’s ranks.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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In interviews, the two discussed their friendship, and the special included footage of them meeting for the first time in 2021.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hilton has gone to the White House to advocate for child welfare, meeting with policy staff in May 2022.Isabella Murray, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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The artsy hangout is equipped with vintage TVs and DJ space.Anna Spiegel, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Their only regular income came from Hovsepian’s job as a bartender at the Good World Bar and Grill, an artists’ hangout on Orchard Street.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The study authors found the shark’s genome to be extraordinarily large, twice as long as a human’s and bigger than any other shark genome sequenced to date.Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, the company’s stock has surged 66.5% year to date — a figure that puts Broadcom in the league of the Magnificent Seven companies: Shares of Amazon are up 52.7% and that of Apple have risen 33.6% for the year.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Estimates vary widely, but converge on something like 10 million species.Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
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From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Club officials had a plethora of permutations for how this winter would unfold, but had not committed to anything before gathering this week at the Winter Meetings.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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As law enforcement gathered information about the life and recent whereabouts of the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an attorney representing the suspect vowed to fight extradition to New York City.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The character references Hughes assembled were glowing and, crucially, Slot also had the self-belief to embrace the challenge of following in Klopp’s footsteps.James Pearce, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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The camper components ship as a flat pack and assemble together without the need for tools or adhesives.New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Rendezvous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rendezvous. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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