house party
noun
: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)
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Harvey police believe a man who died after a shooting early Sunday morning may have been targeted in retaliation after seven people were shot at a house party in the city on Saturday night.
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Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a second teenage suspect in this weekend’s fatal house party shooting and asking any witnesses to come forward.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
From the moment Valle and his friends arrived at the house party, a group of about 20 people allegedly threw things at their car and shook the vehicle, Smith said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
Based loosely on the plot of a real-life teenager who threw an out-of-control house party, the term ‘Project X’ subsequently entered the cultural lexicon for Tumblr teens.
—Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 2 July 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a second teenage suspect in this weekend’s fatal house party shooting and asking any witnesses to come forward.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
From the moment Valle and his friends arrived at the house party, a group of about 20 people allegedly threw things at their car and shook the vehicle, Smith said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
Based loosely on the plot of a real-life teenager who threw an out-of-control house party, the term ‘Project X’ subsequently entered the cultural lexicon for Tumblr teens.
—Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for house party
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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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