as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
a section of the city populated with casual bistros offering entertainment to suit nearly every taste
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Recent Examples of bistro
Outdoors, the home features a darling 80-square-foot front porch that can accommodate small outdoor furniture like rocking chairs, a bistro set, or garden bench.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
Betsy falls into the category of ambitious American bistro, powered by a central open hearth.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Located in an old house on Piedmont Avenue once home to the French bistro Atmosphere (and, before that, Cafe Anis), the restaurant has a tiny parking lot and zoning regulations that require valet parking.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Taste of Belguim has closed eight bistros since 2023, most recently its first-ever in Over-the-Rhine, which closed in September.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
Betsy falls into the category of ambitious American bistro, powered by a central open hearth.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Located in an old house on Piedmont Avenue once home to the French bistro Atmosphere (and, before that, Cafe Anis), the restaurant has a tiny parking lot and zoning regulations that require valet parking.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Taste of Belguim has closed eight bistros since 2023, most recently its first-ever in Over-the-Rhine, which closed in September.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bistro
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The brothers met victims at nightclubs, parties and on dating apps, and recruited others for trips to ritzy locales, paying for their flights and lodging at high-end hotels or luxe vacation rentals before drugging and raping them, prosecutors said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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In fact, Summers would have been much better off falling in love with Dietrich’s nightclub chanteuse.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The carnival’s indoor Thursday events, including a Klondike Kate cabaret night and a Winter Carnival Night at the Minnesota Wild game, will proceed as normal.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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Le Mindu’s last showing during couture week was for the fall-winter 2015-2016 collection at the Crazy Horse Paris cabaret venue in July 2015.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Using tools only of stone, bone, and shell, Islanders made wooden spears and clubs, and canoes built from planks stitched together with plant fibers and fitted with outriggers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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United are still conceding too many goals — 34 in 23 games — which is more than any club in the top 12.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Bistro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bistro. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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