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Recent Examples of hostess
Choose from an expansive range of 12 colors and patterns, and plan to wrap up a few for holiday and hostess gifts, too.
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
Playing hostess with the mostest, the beauty entrepreneur was outfitted in a custom Danielle Frankel look.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The real reason is to wreak as much havoc as humanly possible, or at least that’s what we’re given to believe from the way the hostess swans about while deftly manipulating dozens of puppet strings simultaneously.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
There are many kinds of support, including helping the hostess with cleanup, pet-sitting, listening and helping with problems, and showing up when invited.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
Playing hostess with the mostest, the beauty entrepreneur was outfitted in a custom Danielle Frankel look.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The real reason is to wreak as much havoc as humanly possible, or at least that’s what we’re given to believe from the way the hostess swans about while deftly manipulating dozens of puppet strings simultaneously.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
There are many kinds of support, including helping the hostess with cleanup, pet-sitting, listening and helping with problems, and showing up when invited.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hostess
Noun
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Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, who envisioned the city, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil hosts art exhibitions, international movies, and other events.—
Greyson Ferguson,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The cast and reunion host Tan France continued to frame Stause’s use of social media as beyond the pale.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The cohost brought up the astronaut during a discussion of Kim Kardashian's claim that the moon landing was fake.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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King is a cohost of CBS Mornings.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Hostess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostess. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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