as in rendezvous
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park
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Recent Examples of trysts
Per the season's sneak peek, this year's voyage pairs steamy trysts among the crew with some grimace-worthy incidents, from jellyfish sightings and jet ski accidents (and what looks to be a lone charter guest floating out to sea on a raft).
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
On the reviewing platform, Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa notorious for her trysts with military men, sat up straight and watched them with brightly shining eyes.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
History records that in the summer of 1920, the pair met up twice for two lovers’ trysts, once in Vienna and once in border-town Gmünd, but it is not known what occurred during these trysts.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
On the reviewing platform, Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa notorious for her trysts with military men, sat up straight and watched them with brightly shining eyes.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
History records that in the summer of 1920, the pair met up twice for two lovers’ trysts, once in Vienna and once in border-town Gmünd, but it is not known what occurred during these trysts.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trysts
Noun
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The two animals were slowly introduced, McClatchy News previously reported, and just six months later, the zoo announced Zaza and Shala’s rendezvous was successful.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Carnival Cruise Line Carnival ships will stage a pair of at-sea rendezvous.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s taste for combat sports dates to the 1980s, after his reported failed bid to buy the Baltimore Colts.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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No information on future court dates was available.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The judge also ordered Terrill to attend mental health appointments regularly.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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Given Walden's and D'Amaro's complementary skill sets — and given recent momentum behind co-CEO appointments both in media and beyond — the Disney board could opt to select both to jointly replace Iger.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Trysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trysts. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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