as in dating
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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Joey bonds quickly with Monica, an easygoing 28-year-old in digital marketing, and their silly, sweet courtship provides the season’s most charming romance.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The action romance contains a handful of other genres on top of it, but the crux of writer Zach Dean’s story centers on the distant courtship of two lonely snipers named Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Levi (Miles Teller).
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
There are some phrases, though, that should raise red flags if used early on in a courtship.
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—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Such is the fate for courtship between vast but underpopulated remote island states, and a major continental superpower with a long history of conquests behind it.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The action romance contains a handful of other genres on top of it, but the crux of writer Zach Dean’s story centers on the distant courtship of two lonely snipers named Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Levi (Miles Teller).
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
There are some phrases, though, that should raise red flags if used early on in a courtship.
1.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
Such is the fate for courtship between vast but underpopulated remote island states, and a major continental superpower with a long history of conquests behind it.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for courtship
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtship. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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