cookout

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Recent Examples of cookout Morii Outdoors travels a bit farther back in coffee's life cycle, reusing the byproducts of roasting as a natural firestarter medium for camping, backpacking, outdoor survival and just good ol' backyard cookouts. New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025 In our fraught current times, making sure those who inflict harm will never be invited to the cookout is necessary. David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025 Today, barbecue and smoking meats is often a communal event associated with celebrations and cookouts. Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 For example, in the cookout scene from Secrets and Lies. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cookout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookout
Noun
  • Taylor's family barbecue goes wrong Taylor shows up at her mom's house for a family barbecue, only to learn that her mom invited Dakota Mortensen.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • After a three-day pause in operations due to a lack of permitting, a new barbecue venture from comedians Anthony Anderson and Cedric the Entertainer reopened Friday afternoon.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • In her new Vanity Fair cover story, the 40-year-old actress looked back on her husband Colin Jost delivering Che’s infamous roast beef joke on SNL in December.
    Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • The lightness of the carrots makes for a lovely complement to the hearty roast chicken, too.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • This model has five air-fryer-specific presets on the knob (air fry, fries, wings, bacon, and crispy reheat) plus five other presets (bake/roast, broil, pizza, bagel, and toast).
    Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • Almost everything else is made in house including potato salad, chili, broccoli salad, soups, pies, white sweet potato fries, and coleslaw.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Loreto: Start your Baja Sur weekend in Loreto, a seaside town famous for its blue whales, national parks, beach clambakes, and—thanks to a recent community movement—stargazing.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
  • For example, a bride and a groom who once summered in Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, may want to highlight clambake memories in one course.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025

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“Cookout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookout. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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