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hen party

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as in tea party

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Recent Examples of hen party One hen party group nearly brought the roof down. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 2 June 2026 Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation. — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 With life milestones also coming thick and fast outside of birthdays, the sentiment of overspending then gets carried through to hen parties and weddings, then eventually baby showers and kids’ parties. — Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024 Today, the Czechia capital is a hot-spot for tourists, a destination for stag and hen parties. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024 Today, drinking culture is much less revered, and more often than not the idea of drinking on planes evokes images of rowdy stag dos or over zealous hen parties. — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2023 Filled with… random stuff that seems to now be a part of every hen party. — townandcountrymag.com, 29 May 2023 Sarah Ferguson had a hen party to remember — with her pal Princess Diana by her side. — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023 Over the festive period, holiday-makers included Bella Hadid with her boyfriend, Chloë Sevigny (who threw her hen party here last year) and her family, Emily Ratajkowski, and Paloma Elsesser. — Sarah Harris, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2023

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Noun

In a complete 180 from her recent stage looks, Madonna covered up in a conservative Prada floral frock while hosting a tea party for the London launch of her children's book The English Roses in September 2003.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
In 2010, Democrats ran into a national Republican wave driven by the tea party movement.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 18 June 2026

Definition of tea party

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Thornton police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murder in an early morning shooting at a house party that killed a 44-year-old on Sunday.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
The three-course dinners prepared with ingredients from the inn’s own garden (jackets required) and an honor bar that makes the evenings feel like a house party that never has to end are just the icing on the cake.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of house party

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At larger weddings, an extended cocktail party also allows the couple more time to greet family and friends before the ceremony.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
And the streamer also held a red carpet and cocktail party for them with the casts the day before the public Obsessed Fest.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of cocktail party

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Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 June 2026
Jensen was the first female comic to win NY’s Funniest Stand-Up Award at the New York Comedy Festival and has amassed over a million followers across her socials, as well as over two million views on her YouTube specials.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 May 2026

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Power connections, which are fewer in number and take up more surface area, are placed on the sides of the memory cube, University of Tokyo doctoral student Yuki Mitarai said at the symposium.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Accounts of Plato’s symposium have typically focused more on the philosophy of love part than the dinner party part, as if what matters is the content of the various speeches, and not their context.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of symposium

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Most include a meet and greet with characters, like Mickey and friends at Chef Mickey’s inside the Contemporary Resort, or Pooh and pals at Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom.

— Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
The brand hosted a meet and greet for New York City children with Anunoby at its midtown showroom on Thursday evening.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 26 June 2026

Definition of meet and greet

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