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Recent Examples of hostess
That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.
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Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Carly loves playing hostess, and designs interiors above all with socializing in mind—the conversation pit is one of her favorite midcentury tropes.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
When customers walk in, a hostess will seat them and ask for their phone number.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Mother’s Day is around the corner, and this roomy griddle would make an excellent gift for the star hostess in your life.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
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Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Carly loves playing hostess, and designs interiors above all with socializing in mind—the conversation pit is one of her favorite midcentury tropes.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
When customers walk in, a hostess will seat them and ask for their phone number.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Mother’s Day is around the corner, and this roomy griddle would make an excellent gift for the star hostess in your life.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hostess
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Student enrollment will drop across the board, and certain areas of the country such as New England—which is home to a whole host of small private colleges and will be suffering from some of the harshest demographic decline—may start to be dotted by campus ghost towns.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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In this series, the Knicks host at MSG on Tuesday and Thursday night before traveling to play Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and next Monday in Cleveland.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Who better than a dear friend to serve as your cohost and cleanup accomplice as the night winds down?—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
12 May 2026
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Navarro's goal with the podcast is to both interview interesting subjects and break down news items without the typical restrictions of cable or broadcast TV, where a cohost or panelist may only get a fraction of a 7 minute segment to speak.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Hostess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostess. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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