as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class
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Recent Examples of banquet
Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Donny Osmond, who provides the singing voice of Li Shang, makes a five-course banquet out of this motivational number.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
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Noun
Miles of strip malls offer thrilling meals from all over the world: taco shops; dim-sum palaces; Indian and Pakistani banquet halls; Vietnamese restaurants that specialize in banh mi, or pho, or borrow Cajun traditions like crawfish boils.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Donny Osmond, who provides the singing voice of Li Shang, makes a five-course banquet out of this motivational number.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banquet
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Moreno had at least one bash: at a dinner in London with fellow theater stars Patrick Wilson, Audra McDonald, Daniel Dae Kim and Aaron Tveit, who were all across the pond to sing at The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, which featured Moreno as a surprise performer.Eric Andersson, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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At dinner, Posen is monitoring a text thread with his SLT that is still buzzing at 8 p.m. Everyone is excited about the new Flatiron store, where sales are up 60 percent.Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Vanessa Bryant continues to honor her husband's legacy over four years after he and his daughter Gianna's untimely death.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Hall of Fame honored Jobe and John together during its 2013 induction ceremony.Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Accompanied by a Loaded Baked Potato and preceded by Thai Lobster Bisque, the whole meal was a feast for the senses.Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Since the pandemic, though, Turkey Day has been all famine and no feast at the box office.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024
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Judi Dench recently regaled The Times with a bit of naughty talk directed her way by her African grey parrot, Sweetie.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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There were plenty of laughs as Kelley, who was a movie buff, would regale them both with humorous stories about film stars and others, Blanchard said.Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, Brooklyn wasn’t considered hip, or interesting, or even, for those who lived and dined and died in Manhattan, a socially appropriate place to go out to eat.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last week.Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jimin’s solo smash is also back on one more Billboard ranking, which feeds into where a song lands on the Hot 100.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The new data suggests that Io’s numerous volcanoes are each likely powered by their own chamber of hot magma, rather than being fed by a global ocean of magma beneath the surface.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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