variants also cotillon

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Recent Examples of cotillion Iger, who is set to exit Disney at the end of 2026, has a cotillion with Dana Walden, Alan Bergman and Josh D’Amaro, as well as CFO Hugh Johnston. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 July 2024 The young women of the 2022 Stark County Debutante Cotillion were the first group in decades to take part in the rite of passage ceremony after Black women in Canton began holding cotillions in the 1970s. Isabel Yip, NBC News, 21 June 2024 The children of the Black bourgeoise have likely done etiquette training like cotillion. Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 For many who grow up in the South, cotillion classes are a rite of passage. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cotillion
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Noun
  • Trevizo entered a plea of not guilty to both charges and was released pretrial, attending her prom but not her high school graduation ceremony.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Melissa Drexler gave birth to a baby while in a bathroom at her New Jersey high school prom in 1997, according to The New York Times.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Expect sing-alongs, dances, interactive crafts and 10 enchanting performances designed to captivate kids and parents alike.
    Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • While music can play on forever under the baton of a fresh conductor and dance can be handed down via choreographic records from one generation to the next, last night’s theatrical triumph can never be fully replicated.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Cotillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotillion. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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