1
as in eating
to take a meal
they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown
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as in feeding
to entertain with a fancy meal
the advertising agency lavishly wines and dines prospective clients
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Recent Examples of dining
Studio had some formidable shoes to fill, replacing the eponymous and long-beloved French fine-dining institution that had defined special-occasion fine dining in Laguna Beach for more than twenty years.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
Reader Heather Fargo wrote in with a number of suggestions for dining outdoors in North and South Natomas, such as Bella Bru, CharQterie, Helic Bistro, Mezcal Grill, El Bramido and The Virgin Sturgeon, which floats on the Sacramento River.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Throughout the season, the teams will design vacation-worthy living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, main suites, guest bedrooms, bathrooms and exteriors, according to HGTV.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
These hotels became dining experience destinations for people that were visiting and living here.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Ants can suddenly appear in kitchens, dining rooms, and other areas of the home, growing in number each day.
—Rabekah Henderson, The Spruce, 5 June 2026
The scenario might be to treat 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 59th, 125th, and maybe the streets leading to the transverse drives across the park this way, giving them over to buses and bikes with some street-dining structures and greenery to boot.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Your Floors Moving dining chairs back and forth can be hard on your floors.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Whether she's headed to low-key girls' nights out, dining at Sushi Park, or appearing during awards season, the piece keeps resurfacing.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 28 May 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
Reader Heather Fargo wrote in with a number of suggestions for dining outdoors in North and South Natomas, such as Bella Bru, CharQterie, Helic Bistro, Mezcal Grill, El Bramido and The Virgin Sturgeon, which floats on the Sacramento River.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Throughout the season, the teams will design vacation-worthy living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, main suites, guest bedrooms, bathrooms and exteriors, according to HGTV.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
These hotels became dining experience destinations for people that were visiting and living here.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Ants can suddenly appear in kitchens, dining rooms, and other areas of the home, growing in number each day.
—Rabekah Henderson, The Spruce, 5 June 2026
The scenario might be to treat 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 59th, 125th, and maybe the streets leading to the transverse drives across the park this way, giving them over to buses and bikes with some street-dining structures and greenery to boot.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Your Floors Moving dining chairs back and forth can be hard on your floors.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Whether she's headed to low-key girls' nights out, dining at Sushi Park, or appearing during awards season, the piece keeps resurfacing.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dining
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The island, used for both eating (and working), is a vintage Neolt Architetto drafting table.—
Aditi Sharma,
Architectural Digest,
13 June 2026
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Taking a calcium supplement or eating a calcium-heavy meal alongside iron can cut iron absorption by up to 50%, which is why nutritionists suggest separating the two by at least two hours.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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And while business and climate conditions globally are unquestionably in various stages of significant stress, his view is that progress doesn't require choosing between feeding the world and healing it.—
Louise Schiavone,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Washington’s usual summer pests will also make an appearance, including mosquitoes, which Raupp noted are more attracted to sweaty spectators than bright lights, as well as black flies and even bats feeding on the abundance of insects.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2026
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His mind was as sharp as a tack, again regaling us with amazing hockey stories.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Telling his fellow actors about this, Powell came off a bit like a war veteran regaling his fellow servicemembers with a particularly harrowing story.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Consider transplanting smaller plants farther away so that feasting birds will leave their messy droppings elsewhere.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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Before the group came out, a group of extras mimed drinking tea and feasting on pastries, with pinky fingers aloft — per the song’s innate spoofing of the etiquette stereotypically associated with tea drinking.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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There’s plenty to see and do on this one street—stop by Colonial Park Cemetery, established in 1750; the Juliet Gordon Low Birthplace Museum, honoring the founder of the Girl Scouts; then grab a bite at Marbled & Fin, where luxe appetizers and aged steaks reign supreme.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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Bidders will also find capes, drapes, peignoirs, jumpsuits, fur coats and red, white and blue ensemble that Ann-Margret wore for a performance at the White House, when President Gerald Ford was honoring the Shah of Iran.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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One creator combining these two phenomena — catering to a seeming infinity of niche interests while also showing his face to stay on YouTube’s good side — is Simon Whistler.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
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Rather than considering Sugarwater in competition with other Juneteenth events, Carrie wants others to think of it as providing people options and perhaps catering to diverse crowds that are within — and also celebrate and are allies to — the Black American electronic community.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dining. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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