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Recent Examples of cookout
The property has a Western-style restaurant, but guests can also book a cookout reached by horse or covered wagon.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
In September, Gas Depot sponsored a neighborhood cookout and provided ingredients for the food.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The bass hits hard, the highs stay crisp, and the volume is strong enough to cut through chatter at a cookout.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
In September, Gas Depot sponsored a neighborhood cookout and provided ingredients for the food.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The bass hits hard, the highs stay crisp, and the volume is strong enough to cut through chatter at a cookout.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookout
Noun
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Beyond its famous buffalo-style chicken wings, Buffalo Wild Wings offers over two dozen sauces and dry rubs — from lemon pepper and Thai curry to desert heat and chipotle barbecue, according to its website.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2026
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Accordion doors spill out to the backyard, which holds a flagstone-encased pool with a spillover spa, plus an alfresco dining space with a barbecue and a fire pit.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The result is a range of light- and medium-roast concentrates that are as complex as Cabernet.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some people like a darker more flavorful roast, and others are looking for more speciality brews.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Air-fry, stirring twice, until croutons are golden, about 5 minutes.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Jan. 2026
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Again, that is perhaps part of the design — Stanton has bigger conceptual fish to fry — but compare how this film treats a moment of devastation with something like The Tree of Life, another great auteur project about our place in the cosmos.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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So rejoice, and fire up an éclade at your next cookout, campfire, or clambake.—
Peter Barrett,
Outside,
30 Aug. 2025
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According to Rambling’s East Coast sources, the usually bustling Long Island clambake enclave — where everyone from Steven Spielberg to Paul McCartney to Brooke Shields owns sprawling properties — is suffering from its sleepiest season in recent memory.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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“Cookout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookout. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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