cocktail lounge
noun
: a public room (as in a hotel, club, or restaurant) where cocktails and other drinks are served
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On one recent Thursday night, dating app startup Known hosted a dating event at a swanky San Francisco cocktail lounge for people who completed their matchmaking call on the app.
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Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
There’s also fishing on the resort’s lakes, restaurants, cocktail lounges, and lodging options from standard guest rooms to four-bedroom cottages.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
If you're done with dinner but not yet ready to head home, climb the stairs to My New Joint—a cocktail lounge, tapas bar, and music venue—for freshly shucked oysters from the east and west coasts of the USA, an adult beverage (or three), and a menu of salads, fondues, and desserts.
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Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
Music is going to be seen everywhere from on the agenda of experiences to the lighting and entertainment roster, and even in the cocktail lounge options.
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Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
There’s also fishing on the resort’s lakes, restaurants, cocktail lounges, and lodging options from standard guest rooms to four-bedroom cottages.
—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
If you're done with dinner but not yet ready to head home, climb the stairs to My New Joint—a cocktail lounge, tapas bar, and music venue—for freshly shucked oysters from the east and west coasts of the USA, an adult beverage (or three), and a menu of salads, fondues, and desserts.
—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
Music is going to be seen everywhere from on the agenda of experiences to the lighting and entertainment roster, and even in the cocktail lounge options.
—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cocktail lounge
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“Cocktail lounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20lounge. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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