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
Page On Main Street sits Page, an all-day American bistro that serves lunch, brunch, and dinner.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 June 2025
On Monday night, The LGBT Center — colloquially, The Center — opened its doors in the West Village for the annual Fashion Centered dinner.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
According to The New York Times, Walczak’s mother attended a $1 million dinner supporting Trump.
—Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Black-tie dinners with the wealthy are nothing new for Trump.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 June 2025
On Monday night, The LGBT Center — colloquially, The Center — opened its doors in the West Village for the annual Fashion Centered dinner.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
According to The New York Times, Walczak’s mother attended a $1 million dinner supporting Trump.
—Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Black-tie dinners with the wealthy are nothing new for Trump.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dinner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinner
Noun
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The banquet hall will be used in a two-room setup more frequently, according to Couch.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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Attendees of the Thursday night banquet at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., paid an average of $1 million to get in the room, spending close to $400 million in total.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 May 2025
Noun
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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
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinner. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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