as in prom
a social gathering for dancing
who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?
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1
as in to step
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music
she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands
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2
as in to dart
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent
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Recent Examples of dance
Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The best part of the movie might be the goofy post-credits dance scene between Farrell and co-star Tilda Swinton.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Megan Dubois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Social media detectives speculated the NBA player and artist were dating back in July when they were spotted dancing together at a nightclub in Cabo for GloRilla’s 26th birthday.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Alongside peers like Chloe Lukasiak and Maddie Ziegler, Sioux ramped up her dance schedule and competed weekly.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The best part of the movie might be the goofy post-credits dance scene between Farrell and co-star Tilda Swinton.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
During the show, Mickey will invite some of his friends, like Rapunzel from Tangled, Hiro from Big Hero 6, and Mirabel from Encanto, to dance to music from around the world.
—Megan Dubois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Social media detectives speculated the NBA player and artist were dating back in July when they were spotted dancing together at a nightclub in Cabo for GloRilla’s 26th birthday.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dance
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The Next Generation Originally titled The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the fourth film was a wild, meta and campy romp following four teens who are driving along a rural road after prom and hit another motorist.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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After prom, Thomas later sold the gown to pay her mother back and put money toward college.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Freddie nearly stepped away from baseball in 2024 after his son Max was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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In a story on The New York Post, MLB insider Jon Heyman reported that stepping away from the game for good is a real possibility.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some dart their eyes to and from the corners of the room.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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This time, the sophomore broke free off a quarterback keeper, then darted up the sideline for a 39-yard touchdown rush to put his team back in the lead.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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By the time of the centennial celebration in 1926 (a year late), tens of thousands of miles of railroad track crossed the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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Before, Singh said, citywide politicians engaged South Asian and Muslim voters at Hindu Diwali or Islamic Eid celebrations, usually speaking to a few prominent gatekeepers, often religious leaders or business owners.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer Trump waltzes into a ballroom controversy As images of the demolition of a section of the White House began circulating, critics expressed outrage about the nation’s preeminent historical structure featuring a gaping hole.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Pulse is a ghost story, featuring two interwoven storylines about young Tokyoites who begin to see and hear strange apparitions flitting across their computer screens.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the film, del Toro flits and hovers between contradictory ideas, with the restlessness of the beautiful butterflies that Elizabeth, an amateur entomologist, likes to study.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Make sure to also watch the weather and check for local holidays and festivals.—
Jim Augerinos,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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The film was shown at the Netherlands, Berlin and Miami film festivals, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and in 2018 was released on DVD in Germany.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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And after Paulsen’s five seasons in Washington, several of those Shanahan-tree coaches indeed shuffled Paulsen from building to building, staff to staff.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dance. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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