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- noun Plural form of
courtship .
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Examples
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By mastering her delegation skills, Brenda was freed to concentrate her efforts on the longer-term courtships.
Making Work Work Julie Morgenstern 2004
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By mastering her delegation skills, Brenda was freed to concentrate her efforts on the longer-term courtships.
Making Work Work Julie Morgenstern 2004
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Cast says people who meet online tend to have had shorter courtships —18.5 months as opposed to 42 months for couples who met in a more traditional way.
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Texas A&M scientists believe the discovery that certain genes become activated in fruit flies when they interact with the opposite sex can change the way human dating and courtships are viewed.
Are Scientists On The Verge Of Discovering A Romance Gene? Psych Central 2011
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"This has been one of the longest courtships in the history of Hollywood," Lions Gate Vice Chairman Michael Burns said in an interview.
Lions Gate Acquires Summit Michelle Kung 2012
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Cast says people who meet online tend to have had shorter courtships —18.5 months as opposed to 42 months for couples who met in a more traditional way.
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Luna and Sam and Andy and Holly weather the first blush of their respective courtships.
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Texas A&M scientists believe the discovery that certain genes become activated in fruit flies when they interact with the opposite sex can change the way human dating and courtships are viewed.
Are Scientists On The Verge Of Discovering A Romance Gene? Psych Central 2011
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Whirlwind courtships were not exactly new to her, but this young man seemed to wish to make up within a few weeks for all the time he had spent at some impossible outpost of the empire.
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After witnessing the disastrous marriages of Charles, Andrew, and her daughter Princess Anne, the Queen concluded that their courtships had been too short.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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