as in prom
a social gathering for dancing
who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?
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1
as in to step
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music
she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands
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2
as in to dart
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent
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Recent Examples of dance
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Life has normalized enough to include community dances and comfortable homes.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This strategy dances with defeat and makes wins out of it.
—Wilson Luna, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The 23-year-old midfielder, who joined from Fluminense, celebrates successful tackles like goals, dances during celebrations and generally prowls Premier League pitches with a vaguely unhinged look in his eyes.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Life has normalized enough to include community dances and comfortable homes.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Staff and friends would often stay until the sun came up, laughing, dancing and playing cards.
—Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This strategy dances with defeat and makes wins out of it.
—Wilson Luna, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dance
Noun
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However, the two proms — the woman's and her best friend's, as well as her boyfriend's, happen to be on the same evening.—
Karen Fratti,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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There really is no let up for millennials, who are even facing backlash now for their prom dress choices all those years ago.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Anti-personnel landmines are designed to be hidden in the ground and detonate automatically when someone steps on them or passes by in their proximity.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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The former is a crime thriller about a former baseball player (Austin Butler) who gets caught up in New York City’s underworld in the 1990s, while the latter is a romantic fantasy that follows two middle aged people who step through a magical portal into their past lives.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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However, Murphy was ready for Emmett, darting in and out of range, while mixing up his striking targets and techniques.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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As May approaches the eastern brown snake, the reptile darts off, crossing the pink room to slither under a desk.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As a result, ball-handlers are waltzing into the paint unchecked, setting off a defensive chain reaction that Milwaukee can't recover from.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Amanda waltzes into Ted’s office with an eviction notice in her hand.—
Ayan Artan,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With South of Midnight, Compulsion Games (Contrast, We Happy Few) meaningfully engages with the complex history of its Deep South setting, constantly flitting between the fantastical and the real, comedy and tragedy.—
Sarah Thwaites,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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By flitting between the anachronistic analog aesthetic of Lumon’s Severed Floor and the contemporary world of internet and smart phones, Severance brilliantly unfolds in a setting constantly at odds with itself.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This kind of big festival is really a super good opportunity to send this message.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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The festival is opening with a female debut filmmaker for the first time in the shape of Amélie Bonnin’s Leave One Day, and seven of the 19 films in Competition are first-time Palme d’Or contenders.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Instead, tattooed servers shuffle around under dim lighting to a Phoebe Bridgers soundtrack.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to the village church.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Chinese national flags flutter on boats near shipping containers at the Yangshan Port outside Shanghai, China, February 7, 2025.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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And Mark’s eyes flutter, the sound of severance thrums, and when Mark Scout awakens, he’s accidentally fired the bolt pistol into Drummond’s neck.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dance. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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