as in nightclub
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) a singing superstar who got her start singing in the cabarets of New York City

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Recent Examples of cabaret The longtime venue specializes in intimate listening room-style performances where audience members crowd around cabaret tables to hear bluegrass, Americana, classical, blues, and jazz music. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025 Entertainment includes a library, a game room, a cinema, a cabaret, a marina with a selection of water activities, an infinity pool, an indoor lap pool, and even a program of age-appropriate children’s activities. Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Lippa also worked at Goodspeed Musicals for a while in the 1990s and regularly comes to Connecticut with cabaret acts, either as the main performer or accompanying Broadway stars. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025 Recently reopened and following a refresh, Le Ti restaurant is great for post-dinner burlesque cabaret. Kristen Korey Pike, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cabaret
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Noun
  • The venue itself, lined with vintage automobiles and framed by sweeping Hudson River views, became the perfect stage for Smith’s cinematic vision—equal parts luxe nightclub and tomb-raiding adventure.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
  • After the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016, where 49 people were killed at the Orlando gay bar, Cox — then lieutenant governor — also looked inward.
    Amie Parnes, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the real star is Liquid Vacation, a collaboration cocktail served at Little Palm, the hotel's poolside bar that transforms from breezy daytime cafe to lively evening hotspot.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On a noisy train or in a crowded cafe, the Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 NC makes everything feel quiet and calm.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So, now going to the club with records playing, playing for kids that were not alive when some of these songs came out and watching a really great young DJ like Cosmo play this music from the same era with her own slant on it.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The 35,607 fans at Bank of America Stadium — the largest lower-bowl-only crowd in club history — watched Toklomati become the second player in franchise history to score a hat trick.
    Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Cabaret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabaret. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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