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buffet

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noun (2)

buffet

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of buffet
Noun
The concert will be followed by a Q&A, French champagne and a high tea buffet. La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025 Held at Cody's, a cozy Lakeview pub, this dog-friendly fest features a German buffet (sausages, sauerkraut, pretzels, brats), $6 beers, and $6 Jagermeister shots. Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
When a huge object is being created to go on top of a tower that will get buffeted by strong winds, even small decisions can have big consequences. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 Their findings come as the seven states and 30 tribes who rely on the Colorado try to work out a new plan to share shortages on a river buffeted by a quarter-century of drought and growing demand. Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buffet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffet
Verb
  • Elizabeth and Dominic's 95 guests burst into laughter as the dog jumped into the fountain and began walking around, licking up water.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The carcass was gone, the grass and weeds were licked clean of blood, and the knife was buried under debris.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • John Candy famously took a racquetball to the skull in a key comedic scene from the 1984 film Splash — and fellow actor Tom Hanks recalls that his late costar's head might've been pounding already after Candy spent the night before drinking with Hollywood icon Jack Nicholson.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The ball would pound the hardwood like a hammer pounds a nail.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to being faster and scalable, fiber doesn’t hide metals worth extracting and reselling.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Turns out, Kelce was hiding more than just nerves.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How much the reader should sympathize with Lisa—whether the character whom Harwicz has created is more aptly seen as a wronged person lashing out or as a more lucid villain—also feels unresolved.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Bill Burr is lashing out at critics for slamming his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gunmen attacked the Nova Music Festival and Kibbutz Be’eri, among other targets.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Chiefs edge rusher George Karlaftis is capable of lining up on both sides, and Spagnuolo should look to exploit what could be a vulnerable area to attack the Lions’ front.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Combs also apologized to abuse victims around the world who may have been triggered by the surveillance footage of him assaulting Ventura.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The bigger issue is the Texas A&M defense, which was assaulted by a Notre Dame offense still figuring it out with a first-year starter at quarterback.
    Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An overlapping full-back who can whip over a hell of a cross.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Pretty sure the border is whipped topping as well.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Power outages are possible as these strong winds batter coastal areas for days.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • For more than a century, people have wondered if the city is ungovernable; with the exception of Fiorello La Guardia, who had New Deal money raining down on him, every idealistic leader who has been elected mayor has left City Hall in some way battered by it.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Buffet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffet. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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