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
The cardinal was unable to attend dinner because of the Novemdiales, the nine days of mourning and Masses that were being held in honor of Pope Francis, who died on April 21.
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Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Murphy also had dinner with Prevost last August at the Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton to talk about the school’s Building Bridges Initiative.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Wear them with a white tank and Birkenstocks for coffee runs in LA, an oversized button-down and sneakers for walking around Lisbon, or a sleek black vest and strappy sandals for dinner in Miami.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Don and Virginia Askew were sitting down to a fish dinner with their son Michael when plainclothes agents surrounded their house, some armed with shotguns.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Murphy also had dinner with Prevost last August at the Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton to talk about the school’s Building Bridges Initiative.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Wear them with a white tank and Birkenstocks for coffee runs in LA, an oversized button-down and sneakers for walking around Lisbon, or a sleek black vest and strappy sandals for dinner in Miami.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Don and Virginia Askew were sitting down to a fish dinner with their son Michael when plainclothes agents surrounded their house, some armed with shotguns.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinner
Noun
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He was later accompanied by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to a state banquet dinner.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
16 May 2025
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The induction banquet will take place at the Watsco Center, where Rice played.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Unaware of his true story, my family celebrated Victory Day at home with flowers and a small feast every year until my grandfather passed away.—
Sasha Vasilyuk,
Time,
8 May 2025
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How ‘easy money’ from Uncle Sam made Miami a feast for PPP fraudsters Chapman was employed as a disaster relief specialist with the Small Business Administration from Sept. 28, 2020, through her resignation on March 18, 2021, according to court records.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2025
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinner. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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