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a group of people acting together within a larger group a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision

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Recent Examples of party
Noun
While Republicans currently control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, some within the party have broken with the president over tariff policies and mass federal layoffs. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025 Workers need to break with the Democrats and Republicans, the parties of the capitalist class and the bosses. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
Frank is seen meditating at a temple while Valentin and his robber friends party with a new group of ladies. Colleen Kratofil, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025 In October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Wallen was booted from an upcoming SNL musical guest spot after videos surfaced of him partying unmasked in a large crowd. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for party
Noun
  • In the wake of the devastating events of last Sunday's episode of The Last of Us, this week's installment marked a new chapter for Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and the rest of the survivors of the infected horde's attack on Jackson.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
  • This type of shoe is perfect for evening or more formal events and goes great with dark jeans or satin finish.
    René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the game’s factions feel a bit cartoonish at times.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Intra-party factions remain at odds with the fundamental budget framework that directs committees to start their work.
    Claudia Grisales, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Just three months before the kickoff of Combs' trial, attorney Anthony Ricco withdrew from the rapper's legal team on Feb. 21.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • In addition to designer Vize, The design team also includes lighting design by James Farncombe, sound design by Dan Balfour, video design by Jack Phelan, physicality by Michela Meazza, and costume design by Natalie Pryce.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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  • The former vice president, who lost to Trump in the November election, will give her most extensive public remarks since leaving office during the keynote at the San Francisco gala, according to a person familiar with the program.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Ever since Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, critics have called the former Fox News weekend host the most underqualified person to ever hold the position.
    John Ficarra, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the footage, the man, identified as Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez, is led by a group of plainclothes men who refused to show ID or a warrant to his attorneys.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Bryant was assigned to a third group, in which volunteers didn’t receive a pill but instead worked with trial staff to meet their health goals, exercise more, and lose weight.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Eligible participants who register in advance will be automatically entered in the Bike Anywhere Day Sweepstakes for a chance to win one of three e-bikes.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
  • For roughly 750 years, the College of Cardinals has chosen popes at closed conclaves where participants are locked in and completely cut off from the outside world.
    Made by History, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • First up, while people are revelling following the verdict, the emotional intensity of reaction can be traced to a sense of loss.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Key speeches are faithfully delivered to an audience of two, not thousands; a scene of soldiers destructively revelling on a bridge is given a different spirit by ironic, out-of-time horseplay.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Get The Recipe 26 of 30 Big-Batch Spiked Arnold Palmers Sweet tea and fresh squeezed lemonade on their own will always be a hit at a Southern bash, but this bourbon-spiked punch just might change the game.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The black blues/vampire hybrid Sinners mimics a mixed-genre Tarantino bash.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Party.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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