house party
noun
: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)
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Wayne went missing after leaving her Aurora home to meet up with friends at a Montbello house party and bar the night of June 13, 1986.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
In the days after the shooting, nearby residents told Fox59 that a house party was going on before the gunfire.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
An 18-year-old man accused of gunning down two teenage boys at a Chula Vista house party pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
That day’s shoot was set at a house party in the sixties, when the place was occupied by Gustav’s aunt, Edith, his mother’s sister, who lives openly with her girlfriend.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
In the days after the shooting, nearby residents told Fox59 that a house party was going on before the gunfire.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
An 18-year-old man accused of gunning down two teenage boys at a Chula Vista house party pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
That day’s shoot was set at a house party in the sixties, when the place was occupied by Gustav’s aunt, Edith, his mother’s sister, who lives openly with her girlfriend.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for house party
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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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