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courtship

[kawrt-ship, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrt ʃɪp, ˈkoʊrt- /
NOUN
dating, romance
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STRONGEST


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In the episode, she describes her courtship with Jason and his proposal during their visit to the Cayman Islands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

In my experience, when a person molds their life to please a potential partner early in the courtship, it can mean they don’t have a strong sense of self.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

"The courtship also includes singing to the female," he told me.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Two miniatures, shown here in blown-up copies, may date from Henry and Anne’s courtship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Then, just as they had done during the first heady days of their courtship at Riverbank, they both discussed what they saw in Shakespeare’s work—and what they didn’t see.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

There are hints about the courtships between Jane and Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but the audience stays with Mary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Edward Rogers took an active part in the Blue Jays’ courtships of free agents Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto in recent winters, the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Their courtships with Smith move quickly, to the point that Tracy's daughter Kayla became suspicious at how fast her mother was falling for this man who still felt like a stranger.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020

Also gone was the picturesque subject matter: the street landscapes and polite courtships, the elderly couples and fumbling suitors and office workers trapped in suburban patterns, intruded upon by surrealism, like figures in Magritte paintings.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2018

A baby child also died within those two years, which thus embraced meetings, partings, courtships, much pleasant social intercourse, and much serious study.

From Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern


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