cocktails

plural of cocktail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cocktails For the first hour of the evening, guests mingled over cocktails and wine, taking in the twinkling city skyline. — Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026 Leela’s Wine Bar with wine on tap, cocktails and thin crust pizza, is opening its fourth location at the Berry on Morado development, according to licensing documents. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026 On the bar side, Local Lime offers mezcal and tequila-based drink flights, as well as standalone cocktails. — Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026 Actors from Not Suitable For Work, The Body, Off Campus, Widow’s Bay and more gathered at Nobu in West Hollywood for a night of mingling, food and cocktails under the social platform’s Close Friends Only series. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026 The venue will feature luxury seating, upgraded sound and projection systems, along with in-theater dining and cocktails, according to the companies. — City News Service, Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 At Hill Street bar, close to the downtown criminal courthouse where McKinney has built his career, supporters swayed to smooth jazz and Top 40 radio hits, nursing cocktails and betraying no reaction to the dismal early returns. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 While the drinks at Bastia, which are riffs on classic aperitivos and Italian-leaning cocktails, are excellent, cocktail lovers should pay a visit to Caletta, the hotel’s intimate 24-seat cocktail lounge. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026 From Christmas cocktails and tree-trimming ideas to gift wrapping, recipes, and musical moments, each segment adds warmth, fun, and fresh inspiration. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocktails
Noun
  • For everyday food safety, Taylor recommends skipping both homemade mixtures and commercial washes.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Next up for the researchers are more sensitive sensors, bigger training datasets, additional fragrance channels, and better handling of complex mixtures.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • In 2003, however, Kember made a splash with Forged Prescriptions, a re-release that favored fuller mixes and extra overdubs which the band had jettisoned owing to the difficulty of reproducing them.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • What’s more, the mixes can be used straight from the envelope as a dry rub for meat, as a base for dips, or even as a popcorn seasoning.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Priced at around $12 for a box of five sachets or $30 for 15, the blends are crafted with clean proteins, whole foods and functional mushrooms selected to support immunity, digestion or, in the case of Calm & Chill, relaxation.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Dry brushing vs scrubs vs acids A body scrub blends granules like sugar, coffee or clay microbeads into a cream, oil or paste.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The researchers plan to improve heat transfer, develop more energy-efficient actuation systems, and engineer higher-performance shape-memory alloys.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Companies processed heavy mineral sands from Australia, Brazil, and India, and hard rock from South Africa, to produce rare earths for tracer ammunition, steel alloys, cigarette-lighter flints, and, later, color-TV phosphors.
    — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Most of the characters are amalgams of people who knew and worked with Bourdain, who died by suicide in 2018 at age 61.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Amsterdam Polaroids extended Ghirri’s penchant for quotidian surrealism with some strenuous amalgams.
    — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • With countless flavor and color combinations to choose from, frosting is the perfect finishing touch for everything from sugar cookies to layer cakes.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2026
  • There are over 292 million possible number combinations for Powerball, and getting the right one by chance is a rare event.
    — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • But in fact, fluids are amalgamations of molecules and atoms.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Now you’ll be met with automotive amalgamations like the BMW X6 and the many rivals that have cropped up in the past decade.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 12 June 2026

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“Cocktails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocktails. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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