assignation
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Divorces lead to secret assignations, which lead to previous marriages.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Realizing that his lovesickness would appear unseemly so soon after his first wife’s passing, the president initially confined his ardent courtship to secret assignations with the more restrained Edith.
From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023
Classically it’s impossible to win all rounds because even if Alice and Bob guess well each time, there is inevitably one round for every completed square where their assignations must conflict.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2022
“I started thinking about those fire-opal pendants, the ladies in attendance, the assignations through the false chiffonier,” she said.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
But then I really don't know it's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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