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as in eats
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 dines
As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
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Most days Di Giacomo eats 147 grams of protein and 321 grams of carbs.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Over time this eats away at your confidence and cause even the most talented and ambitious of entrepreneurs to play small rather than expand.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Hospitals can store medical records, lab results, imaging scans, and real time feeds from bedside monitors in a single hub.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Whether users wanted to see them or not, videos of horrific moments have been flooding social media feeds over the past week.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Also known as an honor or hero’s walk, the tradition honors the life of an organ donor before the harvesting process begins.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Also known as an honor or hero’s walk, the tradition honors the life of an organ donor before the harvesting process begins.—
Cara Anthony,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Dines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dines. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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