cocktail party

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Recent Examples of cocktail party On May 3, the actor attended Moda Operandi, the pre-Met Gala cocktail party orchestrated by Donatella Versace at The Twenty Two hotel, all but confirming her attendance at the biggest fashion event of the year. María Munsuri, Glamour, 4 May 2025 At the tip of the island King Charles’ charity the King’s Trust threw their annual black-tie gala, while up near Central Park Prada was warming their new men’s store with a cocktail party. Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 2 May 2025 Volunteer-turned-guest Timo Forsberg likened it to a cocktail party. Deena Prichep, NPR, 2 May 2025 Craft Cocktail Party Put a punny spin on your next cocktail party by hosting a craft cocktail party, where everyone mixes their own drinks. Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocktail party
Noun
  • Prince George also marked the event with a royal first: attending a tea party for World War II veterans at Buckingham Palace.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 8 May 2025
  • And her favorite — the ones of her and her dolls having their tea party?
    Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • One such incident occurred at a house party, thrown sometime in the mid-1990s when Diana and Charles were already separated.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The attacks include a Dallas high school shooting in which four students were wounded, a shooting at a New Mexico park that killed three people and injured 15 more, and a house party in Washington that ended with two young people dead and several others injured after gunfire broke out.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • With life milestones also coming thick and fast outside of birthdays, the sentiment of overspending then gets carried through to hen parties and weddings, then eventually baby showers and kids’ parties.
    Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024
Noun
  • In addition, the bakery sells breakfast sandwiches and hashbrowns, along with hot and iced coffee, tea, cold refreshers, slushies, and other drinks.
    Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
  • Also look for her updates on the backstage drama, dating situations and overall tea.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Community Plate is offering Maine an antidote to loneliness and disconnection, one supper at a time.
    Caitlin Shetterly, NPR, 7 May 2025
  • The first Party of the Year was arranged as a midnight supper in the fall—not on the first Monday in May—and was not hosted at the Met.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Maybe that change will come from an encounter in his audience, a meet and greet after his set, or the outreach organizers there.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Laugh Floor, Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, Haunted Mansion, the Mickey meet and greet, Princess Fairytale Hall meet and greets, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Jungle Cruise, and TRON Lightcycle / Run, were unaffected by the outage.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Then in December, IEEE and the International Telecommunication Union held a symposium on achieving climate resilience.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The Power of Arts & Science for Resiliency in Aging, third annual symposium featuring cutting-edge research, interactive discussions, live demonstrations and connections that reveal how arts can foster resilience, mental health and well-being.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Calm, collected, and claiming victory on state-run socials.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 May 2025
  • The rapper’s team shared the news on his socials on Wednesday (May 7).
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 May 2025

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“Cocktail party.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocktail%20party. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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