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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
Both Mahomes and Kelce have dined at other Noble 33 concepts, and Tanha eventually brought up the idea of starting a restaurant with the two.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Quentin Tarantino has expressed admiration for her cinematic gifts, and Francis Ford Coppola reportedly dined with her at the first Telluride Film Festival in 1974 where both directors were honored.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Never has such an extraordinary collection of intellectual heft gathered in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined—oh never mind.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
On her actual birthday, the group dined at Salon Tropical, known for its top-tier seafood and Colombian staples.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
Since then, its team of incognito inspectors have checked into thousands of hotels, dined at just as many restaurants, and experienced scores of spa treatments to bring you information on the very best places to stay, eat and relax around the world.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Eva Longoria has dined at the Four Seasons Madrid in Spain's capital.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The two reportedly dined in the city last week.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Muhammad Ali, The Rock, Alonzo Highsmith all dined at The Big Cheese!
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Quentin Tarantino has expressed admiration for her cinematic gifts, and Francis Ford Coppola reportedly dined with her at the first Telluride Film Festival in 1974 where both directors were honored.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Never has such an extraordinary collection of intellectual heft gathered in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined—oh never mind.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
On her actual birthday, the group dined at Salon Tropical, known for its top-tier seafood and Colombian staples.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
Since then, its team of incognito inspectors have checked into thousands of hotels, dined at just as many restaurants, and experienced scores of spa treatments to bring you information on the very best places to stay, eat and relax around the world.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Eva Longoria has dined at the Four Seasons Madrid in Spain's capital.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The two reportedly dined in the city last week.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Muhammad Ali, The Rock, Alonzo Highsmith all dined at The Big Cheese!
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined
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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
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Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Appel also regaled the audience with his strategy that resulted in Springsteen getting on the cover of both Time and Newsweek.—
Caryn Rose,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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One account published in 2002 by Russian official Konstantin Pulikovsky claimed that the train carried cases of Bordeaux and Beaujolais wine from Paris, and that passengers feasted on live lobster and pork barbecue.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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Guests feasted on pizza, pasta, and gelato, and sipped on Aperol spritzes and Lambrusco from local winery Tomato Wheels, before leaving with a bottle of Rao's tomato sauce.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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During the In Memoriam segment, the starry audience applauded loudly as Loni Anderson, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Wendt, John Amos and Maggie Smith were honored, and when Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch and Quincy Jones' names appeared, the applause was particularly loud.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The historic win at Sunday night's 2025 Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, breaks a 77-year barrier in the only acting field that had never honored a Black performer since the Emmy Awards began.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Those videos, spread across at least 13 datasets circulated by researchers and various tech firms, are more proof of how casually AI models are being fed the creative work of others – where no explicit permission was given for that to occur.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Her venture has fed thousands of people over the years and received global recognition.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Dined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dined. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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