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
Everything explodes during a solstice dinner, when Shauna spits in Mari’s venison stew, which leads to the two girls brawling right there at the dinner table.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 Feb. 2025
Later that evening, at a private dinner hosted by Kazunari Shirai, Jacobs’ return to Tokyo was celebrated by guests including Takashi Murakami, Tadanobu Asano and Vogue Japan’s Tiffany Godoy.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Each celebrates a matriarch who was present at the Sunday dinners of Hall’s childhood, including her maternal grandmother, Celestine, to a close family friend, Miss Sally, to the preacher’s wife, Mrs. Brooks.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
It’s only advertised as open for an hour and a half during lunch and dinner, but those times actually refer to the final seating.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 Feb. 2025
Later that evening, at a private dinner hosted by Kazunari Shirai, Jacobs’ return to Tokyo was celebrated by guests including Takashi Murakami, Tadanobu Asano and Vogue Japan’s Tiffany Godoy.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Each celebrates a matriarch who was present at the Sunday dinners of Hall’s childhood, including her maternal grandmother, Celestine, to a close family friend, Miss Sally, to the preacher’s wife, Mrs. Brooks.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
It’s only advertised as open for an hour and a half during lunch and dinner, but those times actually refer to the final seating.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for dinner
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinner. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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