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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These conversations are frequently painful and hard; data scientists have noted that Thanksgiving dinners with guests who cross party lines are frequently shorter.
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Betsy Sinclair, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
On the night of the state dinner, Lilly had found out A.B. was planning to expose her and had tried to rip the journal out of his hand.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Cooking up breakfast, lunch and dinner miles from the vaguest evidence of human civilization becomes easier than ever before.
—New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Hammond Bishop Noll Institute: 1519 Hoffman St. — Bishop Noll will host Lenten fish fry dinners from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 4,and April 11.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Betsy Sinclair, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
On the night of the state dinner, Lilly had found out A.B. was planning to expose her and had tried to rip the journal out of his hand.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Cooking up breakfast, lunch and dinner miles from the vaguest evidence of human civilization becomes easier than ever before.
—New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Hammond Bishop Noll Institute: 1519 Hoffman St. — Bishop Noll will host Lenten fish fry dinners from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 4,and April 11.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinner. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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