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as in pub
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns, tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses
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as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries
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Recent Examples of tavern
The tavern looks like an extension of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction queue, which resembles a fortress.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2025
Additionally, nearby The Citizen is a seaside tavern that can seat big groups more easily and has a brunch menu to boast about.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Yamahiro, who also presided over that case, dismissed the lawsuit against the taverns on July 22, online court records show.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 5 Aug. 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2025
Additionally, nearby The Citizen is a seaside tavern that can seat big groups more easily and has a brunch menu to boast about.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Yamahiro, who also presided over that case, dismissed the lawsuit against the taverns on July 22, online court records show.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tavern
Noun
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After winning the season, Brown later opened her own pub, The Green Man, alongside her brother.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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McGregor also pleaded guilty to assault for punching an elderly man in a pub in Dublin in 2019, and was banned from driving in Ireland for two years over six driving offences in 2022.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Abu Dhabi also offers a stopover program, which provides customers with a free hotel night to spend extra days in the city before connecting to another flight.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Situated on a side street off the busy Magnificent Mile, the hotel feels protected from frenetic shoppers and commuters but is still just one block from Oak Street shopping.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can explore the town, including hotel, doctor’s office, church, blacksmith shop, jail and saloons.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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When work dried up in Paris, Riley returned to San Francisco and to his old job playing honky-tonk piano in a saloon.—
William Robin,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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Eight months into his journey, Ortega said a chance encounter with a South African yacht deckhand in a Myanmar hostel changed his life.—
Kaela Ling,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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The disaster killed 271 passengers, all but one person on board, and 19 people on the ground when the aircraft plummeted into a hostel.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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The dish became popular in Japan in the 1960s and is still commonly found in Japanese cafes.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant, open since 1996 and founded by experienced cafe owner Peter Schroder, was once recognized on a Texas Monthly list of the state’s best breakfasts.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
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Though the town is small, its selection of inviting inns is large.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Wallpaper is one of the most low-lift ways to make a room feel instantly cozy, like something out of a fictional bed-and-breakfast inn with four-poster beds.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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As for breakfast, there's a robust offering of everything, from a DIY mimosa bar to sweet and savory dishes like quiche, pizzettes, and even the viral flat croissant with chocolate and pistachio.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two South Florida men are behind bars on human smuggling charges after a group of migrants arrived in the Florida Keys earlier this week.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The area had already changed to an entertainment district with the 1981 opening of the Billy Bob’s Texas nightclub across North Main Street.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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The two were first romantically linked in July after they were spotted dancing together and looking close during a nightclub outing.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Tavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tavern. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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