variants
or soirées
as in receptions
a formal social gathering that is usually at night
They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel.
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Noun
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Only wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has more with eight seasons with at least 90 TD receptions.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024 -
The 2024 season is his seventh with at least 90 TD receptions, the Chiefs said.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
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Cena won his first WWE Championship at WrestleMania 21 against JBL and followed it with victories over Triple H and Shawn Michaels in consecutive WrestleMania main events.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Speaking at Deadline's Contenders TV in April, the showrunner confirmed that season 2 will take place 10 months after the events of season 1.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The owner modeled her brick-and-mortar after the great boutiques and salons of Paris, catching the attention of shoppers such as Blake Lively and Dita Von Teese along the way.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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Small businesses, such as hairdressers and nail salons, simply cannot survive without workers because their jobs cannot be automated.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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Just ask the cross-gabled cottages, giant schnitzels, and ridiculously involved Oktoberfest celebrations.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was invited to the celebrations of their 120th and 125th anniversaries, the latter of which featured the unveiling of Kilpin’s memorial stone in the Famedio.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Soirees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soirees. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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