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or soirée
as in supper
a formal social gathering that is usually at night
They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel.
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Recent Examples of soiree
Not unlike the entertainment industry, the after-parties and evening soirees are where much of the action is.
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Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Such a delicious entrée-dessert combination was laid out earlier this month in Singapore, at a soiree sponsored by Variety, the Spain Audiovisual Hub and ICEX SPAIN, which is an agency of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business with an office at the Embassy of Spain in Singapore.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
The event, which included a lineup of happenings on both sides of the Victoria Harbour, including runway shows, soirees, exhibitions and industry summits, overlapped with the popular Clockenflap music festival, and ran from Nov. 20 to Dec. 4.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Inaugural balls The soirees include a Commander in Chief Ball focused on military members, a Liberty Inaugural Ball geared toward Trump supporters that will feature a performance by the Village People, and the Starlight Ball, focused on high-dollar donors.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Such a delicious entrée-dessert combination was laid out earlier this month in Singapore, at a soiree sponsored by Variety, the Spain Audiovisual Hub and ICEX SPAIN, which is an agency of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business with an office at the Embassy of Spain in Singapore.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
The event, which included a lineup of happenings on both sides of the Victoria Harbour, including runway shows, soirees, exhibitions and industry summits, overlapped with the popular Clockenflap music festival, and ran from Nov. 20 to Dec. 4.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Inaugural balls The soirees include a Commander in Chief Ball focused on military members, a Liberty Inaugural Ball geared toward Trump supporters that will feature a performance by the Village People, and the Starlight Ball, focused on high-dollar donors.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soiree
Noun
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There's truly no better classic Southern side dish to accompany Sunday supper than our air fryer okra.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2025
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His ritual of hosting a Monday night supper of red beans and rice, cornbread and nothing more than whiskey for dessert was, for those of us who knew him, encoded in our NOLA experience.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2025
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Smythe had just nine receptions for 53 yards, his worst season stat line since his first two years in the league.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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The pair added 10 receptions of at least 20 yards with Ekeler, who missed five games with concussions, accounting for nine.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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It's expected to include sketches and musical performances and will be a three-hour live event, double the amount of time of a normal SNL show.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Sherman and Yang will be on hand this weekend when SNL celebrates its 50th anniversary on Sunday (Feb. 16) during a three-hour live retrospective event, SNL50: The Anniversary Special, which will air on NBC at 8 p.m. ET and stream on Peacock.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2025
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Xi met them at a symposium for private sector enterprises on Monday held at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, reported the official Xinhua News Agency, and delivered a speech after listening to the entrepreneurs.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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Liang Wenfeng is set to join President Xi Jinping, the Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and others for a symposium as soon as next week, according to Bloomberg.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Events make our bookstore fun, and midnight release parties are our favorites!—
American Booksellers Association,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 1970s in particular were a wild time for New Orleans, as the traditional celebration started to merge with the free-love party era, contributing to massive, raucous crowds filling Bourbon Street.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the carousel upload, Williams and the seven-year-old perfect not only her hair, but her dance moves.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Watch Lady Gaga's pre-Super Bowl performance Lady Gaga celebrates Super Bowl with 'sports' and 'spells' Gaga also took to social media on Sunday to celebrate Super Bowl 59 with a high-energy dance video.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Galactic masquerade glares its eyes on Halloween Thursday, October 31, 2024: Like a mask covering two cosmic eyes staring unblinking into the abyss, these two spiral galaxies grazed one another several million years ago.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
1 Jan. 2025
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When: 4:30-10:15 p.m. on Dec. 31 with a masquerade at midnight.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Dec. 2024
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Price was a nurse, mother of three and part owner of a modest hair salon.—
Adam Carlson,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, facilities and services considered in the study include wedding chapels and churches per capita, venues and event space availability, makeup artists and hair salons, bridal shops and limousine rentals.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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