as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class
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Recent Examples of banquet
Caitlyn Frolo, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025
Although this dish originated in the Hunan region, these savory meatballs have proliferated beyond the area as a banquet, holiday, and celebratory dish.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
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Noun
While the excavation of a home in Pompeii was underway, a large entrance hall leading to an atrium, a bedroom and a banquet hall were found.
—Caitlyn Frolo, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025
Although this dish originated in the Hunan region, these savory meatballs have proliferated beyond the area as a banquet, holiday, and celebratory dish.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banquet
Noun
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The girl vanished while her parents ate dinner a few hundred yards away and her 2-year-old twin siblings slept in the same room.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Organizers say the gala will evoke the feeling of an enchanted garden at night, with immersive exhibits, live music and dinner served in the museum’s North Garden.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
3 June 2025
Verb
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The decision — the sabbatical — was arrived at with both intending to honor it.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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The money funded the Huntington’s research programs, and the institution is nonetheless determined to honor its awards to this year’s recipients.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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There are several annual festivals in town, including Sa Festa Mamma—the great feast—that celebrates Saint Antiochus with processional floats and folk music and slow baked, decorated bread called su coccòi de su santu.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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In addition to the Memorial Day dogs and burgers, feast on a mess of films now available on your favorite streaming services, from Netflix and Max to Paramount+ and Hulu.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Julia Ramírez and state Rep. Theresa Mah, passed by as marching bands from local schools regaled the parade-goers with music.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Book Now During the 90-minute drive from Dubrovnik Airport to Montenegro’s Boka Bay community, my taxi driver regaled me with stories of all the famous people who’d been spotted along the Bay of Kotor, on Montenegro’s Adriatic Coast—from Johnny Depp and Bill Gates to Barack Obama.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2025
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Guests can also dine at Okta, the hotel’s restaurant, where a seasonal tasting menu is built around ingredients from the hotel’s own farm and neighbouring producers.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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With so many items to choose from, Le introduced a miniature single-serving size pho, allowing for dim sum-style family dining around a variety of dishes.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2025
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Many people also send donations to or place qurbani orders in Muslim countries to feed disadvantaged people.—
Monica Haider,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The mushrooms are cultivated using solid-state fermentation, a process in which the mycelium feeds on gluten-free organic oats and transforms them into bioavailable nutrients.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Wired News,
6 June 2025
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“Banquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banquet. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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