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as in to eat
to take a meal
they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown
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Recent Examples of dine
Following the blowout win over Las Vegas, Kelce and his fiancée, Taylor Swift, dined there Sunday.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
On Sunday night, Minnesota Wild rookie forward Danila Yurov dined with his agent, who also represents a few of the other Russians of note in the NHL.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
Anyone who has dined at a three-Michelin-star restaurant or watched The Bear from their couch at home knows the obsession around high-touch service is almost as critical as the food itself.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Spanish cities are denser, well-lit, and full of life late into the evening with families strolling, people dining outdoors, and kids playing in the plazas.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
On Sunday night, Minnesota Wild rookie forward Danila Yurov dined with his agent, who also represents a few of the other Russians of note in the NHL.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
Anyone who has dined at a three-Michelin-star restaurant or watched The Bear from their couch at home knows the obsession around high-touch service is almost as critical as the food itself.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Spanish cities are denser, well-lit, and full of life late into the evening with families strolling, people dining outdoors, and kids playing in the plazas.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dine
Verb
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This could make eating more enjoyable, leading to eating more.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Oct. 2025
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The video showed dozens of videos and pictures sent to her, all featuring people eating McDonald's fries as a show of solidarity.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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His father, a veteran of World War II, was a burial vault salesman and would often take Fitzpatrick with him on business trips, regaling him with tales of the city.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Oct. 2025
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But his film career began in earnest with 2020's Scare Me, a stylish comedy about writers regaling each story with spooky tales in an isolated cabin during a power outage.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Authorities were able to track exactly where Arredondo was after a stranger who lives in Mexico left a message about his whereabouts on a GoFundMe page the family had set up to honor Paolos after his death, per the outlets.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The pop star was honored by Time on Thursday night in New York City alongside other breakout talents, including Jonathan Bailey, Lainey Wilson, Jack Quaid, Damson Idris, Monica Barbaro, Tramell Tillman and Teyana Taylor.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An impressive reception room and a banqueting hall add to its splendor.—
Fanny Guénon des Mesnards,
Architectural Digest,
18 Jan. 2025
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The exhibition showcases gold, silver, and bronze artifacts that reflect the Thracians’ aristocratic pursuits, including warfare, horsemanship, and banqueting.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2025
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This means that filter-feeding oysters would have been able to pass all of Chesapeake Bay’s water through their gills in one day, Mann and Lockwood calculated.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Pet hair can collect along baseboards and under furniture where the larvae like to feed.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Toronto taxed Snell, the two-time Cy Young award winner, and expelled him from the game in the sixth, feasting on his underwhelming replacements.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Melissa is expected to feast on that deep reservoir of heat, raising the ceiling on its potential intensity.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Dine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dine. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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