potluck

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Recent Examples of potluck Also potluck lunch, socializing, fossil hunting and camping. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 Community members brought dishes for the potluck and soon after dinner the dancing began. Meredith Nierman, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025 One Community Chest card awards a player for making the best hotdish at the potluck. Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025 People sit down with each other for potlucks every three months to celebrate birthdays and new arrivals. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for potluck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potluck
Noun
  • Pack up this easy-to-assemble beechwood chair in a linen bag for your next picnic.
    Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Some like to get to the airport very early, with time for a full picnic, while others are dashing in at the last minute while downing a protein bar.
    Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Among other fallout after Kirk’s assassination, a popular barbecue restaurant in Cincinnati has faced backlash over a co-owner's social media comments.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Frazer took those skills along with an excellent taste for barbecue and opened his own restaurant.
    Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Local shoppers will stream in to pick up beer, hamburger fixings, and bags of charcoal to kick off the first proper cookout of the season.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The bass hits hard, the highs stay crisp, and the volume is strong enough to cut through chatter at a cookout.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the many highlights of the state visit is the glamorous state banquet, which will take place Wednesday evening.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to its sous vide line, the Fort Worth plant will also supply roast beef to Arby’s, Rosenthal Blumenfeld said.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no need for pitmasters to grind and smoke their own brisket hot dogs or slow roast marrow bones for dipping jus.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sweet Loren’s Pumpkin Spice Cookies (Whole Foods)– Pre-cut, bake-and-serve, gluten-free sugar cookies that make your kitchen smell like fall without any actual effort.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For Jumbo Muffins Grease six 3 1/2-inch muffin cups or line with paper bake cups.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The evening includes pre-dinner champagne, a six-person private dinner hosted by Tan and a private tour at Singapore's National Gallery, an art museum housed in two national monuments, according to Sotheby's.
    Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The dinner sets the tone for Southbound 's heritage-rich but forward-looking feel, rooted in the flavors that define the state.
    Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So rejoice, and fire up an éclade at your next cookout, campfire, or clambake.
    Peter Barrett, Outside, 30 Aug. 2025
  • According to Rambling’s East Coast sources, the usually bustling Long Island clambake enclave — where everyone from Steven Spielberg to Paul McCartney to Brooke Shields owns sprawling properties — is suffering from its sleepiest season in recent memory.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025

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“Potluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potluck. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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