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also cotillon
as in prom
a social gathering for dancing
young men hoping to meet the women of their dreams at the cotillion
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Recent Examples of cotillion
At the end of the Ivy Rosettes Mentoring Program, the young women make their formal debut at a cotillion.
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Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The show also has a cotillion episode planned for May and an unannounced Tony and Grammy Award-winning guest star set for an Easter episode.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
This picture is one of a few taken at cotillion, a largely Southern tradition of etiquette classes and formal dance instruction for middle schoolers.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Her childhood was crawfish boils and auditions, not high society balls and cotillions.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
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Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The show also has a cotillion episode planned for May and an unannounced Tony and Grammy Award-winning guest star set for an Easter episode.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
This picture is one of a few taken at cotillion, a largely Southern tradition of etiquette classes and formal dance instruction for middle schoolers.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Her childhood was crawfish boils and auditions, not high society balls and cotillions.
—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cotillion
Noun
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But his entire focus was on his upcoming graduation in June — especially his prom with his girlfriend, Gigi, his mother said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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She was allowed to physically escort him to the prom at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, but that was it.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
Noun
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There’s a physically primal element that feels new to Hathaway here, and not just in the film’s early convulsive silent dance sequence.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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With a gallery space split between a dance studio and a film editing room, the exhibition weaves elements of choreography, documentary, oral history and ritual.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Cotillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotillion. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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