: lunch
especially
: a formal usually midday meal as part of a meeting or for entertaining a guest
a company luncheon
a fund-raising luncheon
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Last month, the Borgo Laudato Si’ hosted a luncheon for roughly a hundred refugees, people who were homeless and others in need, as well as church volunteers who assist them.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
During a talk at the Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Yurachek laid out the reasons that have compelled UA officials to have the contract with War Memorial come to an end with no games on the horizon.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
This is especially noticeable with a subplot involving Linda Page (Myha’la), an ambitious young news reporter usually sidelined to the ladies’ luncheon beat.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Its namesake Waldorf salad—a crisp mixture of apples and celery tossed in creamy mayonnaise, created in the late nineteenth century by Oscar Tschirky, the original maître d’hôtel—became a staple of innumerable luncheons, a pillar of countless Junior League cookbooks.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
During a talk at the Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Yurachek laid out the reasons that have compelled UA officials to have the contract with War Memorial come to an end with no games on the horizon.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
This is especially noticeable with a subplot involving Linda Page (Myha’la), an ambitious young news reporter usually sidelined to the ladies’ luncheon beat.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Its namesake Waldorf salad—a crisp mixture of apples and celery tossed in creamy mayonnaise, created in the late nineteenth century by Oscar Tschirky, the original maître d’hôtel—became a staple of innumerable luncheons, a pillar of countless Junior League cookbooks.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Luncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luncheon. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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luncheon
noun
lun·cheon
ˈlən-chən 
: a light meal at midday
especially
: a formal lunch
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