as in banquet
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
there will be a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant for the entire team
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Recent Examples of dinner
Ruffin’s absence was the second time in the dinner’s history that there wouldn’t be a comedic performance, excluding the coronavirus pandemic years.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
Betrayal, party of two. Before dinner, a line dance instructor shows up and — bless their hearts — the ladies try their best.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Apr. 2025
On the menu Tuesday night, the first of the nine-day dinner series that ends April 30, were several dishes from Pujol’s past, including an avocado flauta with shrimp, and skewered baby corn coated in a coffee mayonnaise flecked with chicatana ants.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
This year’s dinner didn’t feature a guest entertainer, and President Trump and his administration were not in attendance.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
Betrayal, party of two. Before dinner, a line dance instructor shows up and — bless their hearts — the ladies try their best.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Apr. 2025
On the menu Tuesday night, the first of the nine-day dinner series that ends April 30, were several dishes from Pujol’s past, including an avocado flauta with shrimp, and skewered baby corn coated in a coffee mayonnaise flecked with chicatana ants.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
This year’s dinner didn’t feature a guest entertainer, and President Trump and his administration were not in attendance.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinner
Noun
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The genius of the banquet sequence is that, even if the festivities do mark a collective release of tension, as Lee the bit player notes, Lee the director insures that the pressure never stops building.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Chaos ensues when Min’s formidable grandmother (Yuh-jung Youn) makes the trek from Korea to throw her grandson a wedding banquet.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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This wasn’t always the case, however, and a new analysis from deep inside an ancient cave shows the birds may once have been plentiful — and used in ritualistic feasts.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Growing them near each other can create a feast for caterpillars.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinner. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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