matchmaker
noun
match·mak·er
ˈmach-ˌmā-kər 
: one that arranges a match
especially
: one who tries to bring two unmarried individuals together in an attempt to promote a marriage
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Blunt played matchmaker between Johnson and Safdie, after appearing with him in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
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Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
Cromwell’s middle-aged regrets build poignantly, while brisker pacing and some levity—Cromwell is widowed, and various courtiers take it upon themselves to play matchmaker—lend the proceedings a teeming liveliness.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
In these cases, your matchmaker arbitrates disputes.
—Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Civita became Steinberg’s artistic matchmaker, connecting his work with PM, Liberty, American Mercury, and, of course, The New Yorker.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
Cromwell’s middle-aged regrets build poignantly, while brisker pacing and some levity—Cromwell is widowed, and various courtiers take it upon themselves to play matchmaker—lend the proceedings a teeming liveliness.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
In these cases, your matchmaker arbitrates disputes.
—Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Civita became Steinberg’s artistic matchmaker, connecting his work with PM, Liberty, American Mercury, and, of course, The New Yorker.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Matchmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchmaker. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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