as in banquet
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
there will be a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant for the entire team
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Recent Examples of dinner
Locals rave about their made-to-order burgers and blue plate dinner specials.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
Somewhere along the way, the dinner middle ground disappeared.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Even the small stuff took some getting used to, like with whom to grab dinner on the road.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Venus Hyun, a 22-year-old who was eating dinner with six of her friends, died in the shooting.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
Somewhere along the way, the dinner middle ground disappeared.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Even the small stuff took some getting used to, like with whom to grab dinner on the road.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Venus Hyun, a 22-year-old who was eating dinner with six of her friends, died in the shooting.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinner
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The British royals rolled out all the stops for the Trumps, including a ceremonial welcome with honor guard and carriage procession to a glam state banquet at Windsor Castle that night, plus other outings.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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In November 1993, Diana wore the Spencer Tiara publicly for one of the last times—during a state banquet given by the Malaysian government, which took place at the Dorchester Hotel in London.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Some tribes in the region that traditionally hold First Salmon feasts to welcome the arrival of spring salmon from the ocean have waited for their catch in vain, forcing them to ask other tribes to donate a fish, Gobin said.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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We were used to lives of feast or famine.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinner. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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