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as in ate
to take a meal
they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown
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Recent Examples of dined
Prior to the meeting, Egenberg and his wife had dined with Motta and Alfortish.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
More allegations of dining and dashing Nelson, of Montgomery County, had allegedly dined and dashed at restaurants up and down Belair Road.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Consumer research from OpenTable and KAYAK found that 60% of those surveyed had dined solo at a sit-down restaurant in the past 12 months.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
Consumer research from OpenTable and KAYAK found that 60% of those surveyed had dined solo at a sit-down restaurant in the past 12 months.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
The president previously dined with Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, between his two terms, and Carlson has continued to visit the White House.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Inside the restaurant, even in this offseason, the small space was full; a few dined alfresco, unbothered by the crisp evening air.
—Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Afterward, activists and government officials dined together, photos reviewed by ProPublica showed.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2026
The team chartered into Miami on a flight from Italy on Monday, and then dined together in Miami Beach and visited a nightclub where hundreds of fans clamored to get inside.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
More allegations of dining and dashing Nelson, of Montgomery County, had allegedly dined and dashed at restaurants up and down Belair Road.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Consumer research from OpenTable and KAYAK found that 60% of those surveyed had dined solo at a sit-down restaurant in the past 12 months.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
Consumer research from OpenTable and KAYAK found that 60% of those surveyed had dined solo at a sit-down restaurant in the past 12 months.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
The president previously dined with Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, between his two terms, and Carlson has continued to visit the White House.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Inside the restaurant, even in this offseason, the small space was full; a few dined alfresco, unbothered by the crisp evening air.
—Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Afterward, activists and government officials dined together, photos reviewed by ProPublica showed.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2026
The team chartered into Miami on a flight from Italy on Monday, and then dined together in Miami Beach and visited a nightclub where hundreds of fans clamored to get inside.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined
Verb
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Decades ago, Americans regaled their friends and neighbors with tales of their recent travels via slideshows presented at home on a Kodak Carousel projector.—
Keith Pandolfi,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
19 Mar. 2026
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Nash’s Santa Clara teams had that under coach Dick Davey, whose lessons in mental toughness were regaled in Nash’s Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement speech.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Inside, the lucky ones feasted on chicken, $10 rice with drippings, and $19 glasses of orange wine.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Bank’s trading desks, which match buyers and sellers of securities and provide them with financing to make trades, have feasted off of the volatility of the period, while more corporate clients are planning mergers to boost their prospects.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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He was also honored in the Mariners Hall of Fame in 2022.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Now a sneaker free agent after his high-profile departure from longtime sponsor Under Armour, Curry honored James with a blue-and-yellow version of the LeBron X iD sneakers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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In contrast, the babies of mammals—even egg-laying ones—need to be fed milk for a time after birth.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
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On the second shift just 53 seconds into the game, David Pastrnak fed Morgan Geekie for his 39th of the year, which also gave Pastrnak his 100th point of the season.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Dined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dined. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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