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 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 Nothing new was added to her typical visage, allowing for her cabaret headdress to take center stage. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for cabaret
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Noun
  • The area had already changed to an entertainment district with the 1981 opening of the Billy Bob’s Texas nightclub across North Main Street.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The two were first romantically linked in July after they were spotted dancing together and looking close during a nightclub outing.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The dish became popular in Japan in the 1960s and is still commonly found in Japanese cafes.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The restaurant, open since 1996 and founded by experienced cafe owner Peter Schroder, was once recognized on a Texas Monthly list of the state’s best breakfasts.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Razer’s chairman and CEO is a member of the elite billionaires club whose members appear on our annual list of Singapore’s 50 richest, collated by a team led by wealth editor Jane Ho.
    Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Because, immediately, journeyman Jones threw five passes on the first five plays to began attacking the NFL’s weakest starting cornerbacks — a situation too obvious for the club to have gone the entire offseason not doing enough to remedy.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Cabaret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabaret. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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