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Recent Examples of dance card
His dance card was continually full, and my chances felt empty.
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Craig Bartelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
That film was originally set to be directed by Lilly Wachowski, but the director’s dance card filled up, so she’s moved into an EP role.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Of course, the big event on his dance card is the date at The Hemmens.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
There’s also better depth in the middle: Four teams in the West grappling for the final playoff spot might all be better than the collection of mediocre teams amid a pillow fight for the last dance card in the East.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
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Craig Bartelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
That film was originally set to be directed by Lilly Wachowski, but the director’s dance card filled up, so she’s moved into an EP role.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Of course, the big event on his dance card is the date at The Hemmens.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
There’s also better depth in the middle: Four teams in the West grappling for the final playoff spot might all be better than the collection of mediocre teams amid a pillow fight for the last dance card in the East.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dance card
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The Cleveland Guardians, winners of 10 straight games and technically tied with Houston for the third AL wild-card spot, also own the tiebreaker over an Astros team teetering toward collapse.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Most notably, Amex has upped its annual fee costs for both Platinum cards to $895 each.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Tien Kung placed fruit on a plate, moved goods in a warehouse, and navigated grass and gravel.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The food eventually got to the table, but, boy, were there plenty of shattered plates and busted chairs along the path.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Salesforce contract renewals often become routine exercises—reviewing user counts, negotiating minor discounts and signing on the dotted line.—
Buyan Thyagarajan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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For its part, China last month urged the US not to send the Typhon missile system to Japan for the Resolute Dragon exercises.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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An entire Python program, for example, can be produced in a few seconds or minutes, instead of handwriting code that might have taken hours, days, or weeks to devise.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The program also extends support to certain surviving family members, including spouses, dependent children, and even parents of deceased service members.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Dance card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dance%20card. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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