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Ryan also encourages dining out at small, local businesses where your dollar goes even further instead of chain restaurants.—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026 That gave her a little extra time to pack and dine out in each place, but with a new continent to visit every day, there wasn’t much time to spare.—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026 And because of that, her opportunities to travel, dine out and even make plans early in the day were very limited.—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Unlike dining out at home, cruise tipping policies vary widely by brand and assumptions can lead to mistakes.—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dine out