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Recent Examples of cocktail party
The film is shaped around a cocktail party Greaves hosted at Duke Ellington’s home in Harlem.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Bass was at a cocktail party as part of a delegation to Ghana when Los Angeles went up in flames last January, breaking a campaign promise to never leave the country during her mayoralty.
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Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Bass went to Ghana for a cocktail party and her public safety deputy was home on leave after calling in a bomb threat to City Hall.
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Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
The attendees at the British Museum cocktail party, surrounded by masterworks of 20th-century art, couldn’t help but gush about one single gallery show on view in New York City.
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Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Bass was at a cocktail party as part of a delegation to Ghana when Los Angeles went up in flames last January, breaking a campaign promise to never leave the country during her mayoralty.
—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Bass went to Ghana for a cocktail party and her public safety deputy was home on leave after calling in a bomb threat to City Hall.
—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
The attendees at the British Museum cocktail party, surrounded by masterworks of 20th-century art, couldn’t help but gush about one single gallery show on view in New York City.
—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for cocktail party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocktail party
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Debbie Dooley, the conservative activist, noted that erstwhile tea party leaders in the state aren’t on the same page anymore either.
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Get ready for special occasions with this tea party-chic dress that gives off cottagecore vibes.
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Created by Jason Odio and former Opium Group honcho Roman Jones, the venue at 500 Brickell Avenue had been a hangout for live music and house party vibes since 2016.
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An altercation at a house party in Nampa ended with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in 2022.
Noun
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One hen party group nearly brought the roof down.
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Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
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Sacramento residents are one step closer to being able to enjoy a joint or a cup of cannabis tea in a space other than their buddy’s mom’s basement (legally, that is).
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Most Americans today are familiar with some of the famous examples, like Bostonians dumping tea in the harbor in response to the Tea Act of 1773.
Noun
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Easier than tomato pie, this drop biscuit-style savory cobbler makes a comforting summer supper.
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The property is steps from the lush Boston Common, chef Jamie Bissonnette’s lauded home-style Korean restaurant Somaek, and Yvonne’s for supper-club-meets-speakeasy energy.
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About 100 were gathered to meet and greet.
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Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies meet and greet us on Monday.
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Likewise, Nicholas Galanin and Margarita Cabrera withdrew from a symposium at the Smithsonian American Art Museum over the institution’s decision to keep the event private and record it—a move the artists characterized as government censorship, an accusation the museum denied.
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Prior to our conversation earlier this year, Ayala and Mose-Vargas had both attended a symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of David Montejano’s Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, a foundational text on class and race in the Southwest.
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Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.
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Othership’s sauna events range from comedy nights and singles socials to tarot readings and a shabbat social schvitz.
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“Cocktail party.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocktail%20party. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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