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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Recent Examples of courtship
Spirit sought to merge with Frontier in 2022 but called things off when JetBlue came along with a (financially) sweeter courtship.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Meghan, 43, ditched her personal Instagram account amid her courtship with Prince Harry, 40, but the pair returned to IG after they wed with @sussexroyal, a joint account run by Buckingham Palace officials.
—Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Following a brief courtship, the Uptown Girls actress quietly married the British filmmaker in 2007 at their Hollywood Hills home.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Worse still, Lena’s brief courtship with Abram, whose death Perry telegraphs in an insultingly heavy-handed way, makes so little impact because, again, the characters and their relationship never rise above the archetypal.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Meghan, 43, ditched her personal Instagram account amid her courtship with Prince Harry, 40, but the pair returned to IG after they wed with @sussexroyal, a joint account run by Buckingham Palace officials.
—Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Following a brief courtship, the Uptown Girls actress quietly married the British filmmaker in 2007 at their Hollywood Hills home.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Worse still, Lena’s brief courtship with Abram, whose death Perry telegraphs in an insultingly heavy-handed way, makes so little impact because, again, the characters and their relationship never rise above the archetypal.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Courtship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtship. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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