play host to
idiomatic phrase
: to serve as a host for (someone or something)
Each year, the city plays host to the film festival for one week.
As travel to the Third World has expanded, so, too, has concern about the damage wrought by mass tourism on the people and places that play host to wandering North Americans and Europeans.—
Ira Silver
Ira SilverSt. John's meets No. 3-ranked Duke and the Big East rival Miami on the road, and will play host to No. 4 Syracuse, No. 13 Connecticut and surging Seton Hall at the Garden.—Jon Drape
Jon DrapeThe grasslands play host to [=provide a home for] long-billed curlews and sage grouse, and eagles, osprey and coyotes scavenge the area.—Kay Clark
Kay ClarkExamples of play host to in a Sentence
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After that game, Pittsburgh will play host to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football in Week 8.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
And Devon Park, about a 15-minute drive away from the Thunder home floor, will play host to Game 2 of the Women’s College World Series between Texas and Texas Tech that same night.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Syracuse, another familiar opponent, will play host to the Huskies at the JMA Wireless Dome for the second year in a row.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Post-rehab wife-leaver John Mulaney was hitting up This Past Weekend With Theo Von long before Timothée Chalamet, and chat-show savant Von has now played host to broligarch Mark Zuckerberg, SNL Irish good-byer Morgan Wallen, and the aforementioned Ben Affleck.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 May 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
And Devon Park, about a 15-minute drive away from the Thunder home floor, will play host to Game 2 of the Women’s College World Series between Texas and Texas Tech that same night.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Syracuse, another familiar opponent, will play host to the Huskies at the JMA Wireless Dome for the second year in a row.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Post-rehab wife-leaver John Mulaney was hitting up This Past Weekend With Theo Von long before Timothée Chalamet, and chat-show savant Von has now played host to broligarch Mark Zuckerberg, SNL Irish good-byer Morgan Wallen, and the aforementioned Ben Affleck.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 May 2025
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“Play host to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20host%20to. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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