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Recent Examples of dance card
His dance card was continually full, and my chances felt empty.
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Craig Bartelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
That film was originally set to be directed by Lilly Wachowski, but the director’s dance card filled up, so she’s moved into an EP role.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Of course, the big event on his dance card is the date at The Hemmens.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
There’s also better depth in the middle: Four teams in the West grappling for the final playoff spot might all be better than the collection of mediocre teams amid a pillow fight for the last dance card in the East.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
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Craig Bartelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
That film was originally set to be directed by Lilly Wachowski, but the director’s dance card filled up, so she’s moved into an EP role.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Of course, the big event on his dance card is the date at The Hemmens.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
There’s also better depth in the middle: Four teams in the West grappling for the final playoff spot might all be better than the collection of mediocre teams amid a pillow fight for the last dance card in the East.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dance card
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The Padres sit in the fifth of six NL playoff spots, four games up on the Mets, who hold the NL’s final wild-card spot.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Back on the balcony, the magician was doing his best to charm basketball players Devin Booker and Jordan Clarkson with card tricks.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Tien Kung placed fruit on a plate, moved goods in a warehouse, and navigated grass and gravel.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The food eventually got to the table, but, boy, were there plenty of shattered plates and busted chairs along the path.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Pro 3 will also be able to sense heart rate and calories burned during workouts and track up to 50 different kinds of exercises through Apple’s fitness app.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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This despite the big downward revision to estimates of job growth from April 2024 through March 2025, a somewhat greater change than most benchmark-revision exercises but consistent with other signs of a low-metabolism job market.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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This comprehensive program features more than 70 microlearning modules that can be accessed through the RockED mobile app.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Then there were those epic Pac-12 shindigs, when Harbaugh was trying to resurrect the Stanford program and Carroll was pulling the levels during one of USC’s glory eras, with the advantage going to Harbaugh, 2-1.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Dance card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dance%20card. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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