as in prom
a social gathering for dancing
who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?
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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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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
Diane J. Cho, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The performance will include poetry, music, dance and theater, and focus on creating an environment where all feel safe and heard.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Trump inauguration was for Democrats the equivalent of dancing with the devil.
—Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Noun
All About This Year's Headliner 01 of 21 Super Bowl LVIII: Usher, Alicia Keys, Lil Jon and Ludacris
Usher set the Super Bowl stage ablaze in 2024, delivering a high-energy halftime show packed with his biggest hits and signature dance moves.
—Diane J. Cho, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The performance will include poetry, music, dance and theater, and focus on creating an environment where all feel safe and heard.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Eastern Canada and Southeast Alaska, stories of dancing souls.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Trump inauguration was for Democrats the equivalent of dancing with the devil.
—Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dance
Noun
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Betty Moe recalled her Oak Lawn High School prom in 1961 at Willowbrook.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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When Laura’s ex-boyfriend Bobby (Dana Ashbrook), who’s now a cop, sees Laura’s prom picture for the first time in years, he’s immediately moved to tears—a flash of that distinctly Lynchian soaring sentimentality, the kind that can feel unnerving to watch.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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But after Allen suffered a seizure in September, her family encouraged her to step away from work.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Many people were stepping on the oily tar balls on Fort Lauderdale’s beach.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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According to Storyful, Seren ended up far from shore after darting away from her owner and into the waves along Newton Beach in Porthcawl, Wales.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Czech Republic Under-21 international would then have striker Darwin Nunez darting towards him, so repeatedly hit it long where, inevitably, Virgil van Dijk won the aerial duel against Richarlison and Liverpool regained control.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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If President Donald Trump had his way, guests at the White House would be waltzing in a grand ballroom, not jostling for space in its largest room.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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Jaden Smith waltzed onto the Grammys red carpet early on Sunday night in a demure black Louis Vuitton suit with, well, a castle on his head.—
Jacob Gallagher,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But what lingers just as persistently is a certain slipperiness of intent—a sense that Lynch himself, so aware of the complex, symbiotic play of light and darkness in human nature, was content to flit eternally, and with a mosquito’s fickle curiosity, between two moral poles.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2025
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Sherlock’s Watson is one of the least stagey in the canon of Holmes adaptations, playing on Freeman’s ability to flit between dramatic and comic material with a natural, quick poise.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both struggled with severe mental-health issues but have flourished in their partnership since meeting at a music festival, getting married and forming the War and Treaty.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Boston SciFi, the longest-running genre film festival in the States, includes 10 features including world and US premieres.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Smaller breeds take the field in the first quarter, and the lineup shuffles to play the larger breeds in the fourth quarter.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Some of that work has been controversial, like Gov. Jeff Landry's sudden moves to shuffle homeless people out from prime downtown locations.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two large, white bracts (structures surrounding the flower) flutter delicately in a light breeze, reminiscent of white birds, spirits, or tissues in a tree.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Feb. 2025
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Yellow blossoms on little-leaf green-twig shrubs attract local bees, and butterflies flutter in a mad dance around sprays of blue mistflower.—
Sunshine Flint,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dance. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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