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Recent Examples of clubbable Its top editors have tended to be tweedy, clubbable figures who slip between academia and the upper reaches of journalism. New York Times, 26 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbable
Adjective
  • Joining in the festivities is outgoing French student Chloé (Cécile Matignon, hugely appealing), ostensibly in a relationship but flirting brazenly with Nicolau, who even after a few beers is too mournful to pick up the signals.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 July 2025
  • All three candidates launched campaigns in April to fill the vacancy of outgoing Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The founder’s increasing social activism has not consistently aligned with Unilever’s values, illustrating the complexity corporations can face.
    Jennifer J. Fondrevay, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The 25 kilos of drugs were wrapped in packaging featuring the iconic gun-brandishing cartoon character, the Walton County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post, which included images of the cocaine.
    July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • And chefs and restaurateurs across America are responding with a new wave of steakhouses where the food is more creative and the atmosphere more convivial.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 14 June 2025
  • With a calendar full of live music and other nightly events, the resort provides convivial ways to relax after a day of travel.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • For some science, the discoveries will be limited by whatever the sky is gracious enough to give—a star must explode for the Rubin Observatory to spot a new supernova, for example.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
  • Miss Manners is certain that your heartfelt gratitude, in the form of a gracious and appreciative handwritten letter, will be thanks enough.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • John and his wife, Ann Fitzmaurice, who live in Oregon, were easygoing and gregarious—and also intimidatingly fit.
    Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, dry conditions caused both solitary and gregarious locusts to have smaller offspring than in dry conditions—and both these hatchlings from small and large eggs were found to have residual yolk within their guts after birth.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Adjective
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    Nena Farrell, Wired News, 10 July 2025
  • But if oil prices remain middling, even friendly policies might not compel companies to significantly ramp up drilling.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Not just the comfortable, companionable silences but the ones that carry weight.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • Brad Lander, the city’s comptroller, rattled off racial disparities in net worth for New York families, sounding like a companionable guest on an economics podcast.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • The unnamed song Parker played at Nitsa was far clubbier and more beat-heavy.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • The rear Kitchen Table space boasts a clubbier vibe, which is likely why this bar draws long lines and impossibly stylish crowds upon opening and well into the night.
    Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025

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“Clubbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbable. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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