cocktail party

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Recent Examples of cocktail party At a cocktail party on Wednesday, Maria Grazia Chiuri, creative director of womenswear at Dior, was among those who stopped at Tafoya’s stand. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025 Balthazar, played in a hipster fade and with a puppy-dog scowl by Jaeden Martell, is a New York rich kid with a life coach and a divorced mother (Jennifer Ehle) who’s too busy throwing political cocktail parties to pay him much attention. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2025 The group puts on three shows a year for its members, events that also include pre-show cocktail parties and after-parties. Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025 So how did the idea of Saks and Gurung getting together to cohost a cocktail party come about? Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocktail party
Noun
  • Observers have pointed to the rising divisions in national politics beginning with the tea party dissidents during Barack Obama’s presidency and ongoing ultra-partisanship as well as the often violent rhetoric used by prominent figures including the president as factors that could lead to attacks.
    Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
  • Following the memorial moment and patriotic flypast on May 5, King Charles and Queen Camilla will host a tea party at Buckingham Palace for veterans and members of the World War II generation at Buckingham Palace.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • At a Los Angeles house party, an aspiring musician pursues her crush through a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty promises.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
  • Prosecutors have described Read as a scorned lover who chose to leave O’Keefe dying in the snow after striking him with her SUV outside the house party.
    Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Sánchez won this thing for the second time in six weeks with 31.4 percent of your votes, on the strength of—how fitting—her hen party in Paris.
    George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 31 May 2025
  • Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Women sometimes drank a tea of juneberry twigs and stems to recover from childbirth, and a tonic made from the plant’s bark was thought to hasten the discharge of the placenta.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
  • Aside from that, there don’t seem to be a lot of public examples of anything significantly interesting happening between the two prominent tech people (Murati and Musk, that is.) OK, enough tea.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The Dinner Menu Filets, quinoa, sautéed spinach, and red wine were on the menu for supper with the in-laws.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
  • On June 16, Cousin invited Walter for supper at her home.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Mermaids will also be at Coral Reef Tunnel and a meet and greet at the Shark Ray Bay Theater.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
  • Gates open Friday at 5 p.m., with a meet and greet with Budinger and 2024 Olympic teammate Miles Evans scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
    Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Blumhouse just announced at its recent Business of Fear symposium that Spencer is coming back for another film.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 June 2025
  • That included additional consulting services, like public outreach and housing symposiums.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Fans took to socials en masse, calling on anyone who recognized Ginny’s hoodie, with many suspecting Lululemon as the brand in question.
    Madison Yauger, People.com, 18 June 2025
  • As teased in a clip posted by the vocalist on her socials, MC’s new visual will arrive on Friday (June 13).
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 June 2025

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“Cocktail party.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocktail%20party. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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