hostesses

Definition of hostessesnext
plural of hostess
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Noun
  • Then a 24-year-old newbie, Lake landed in a field crowded with mostly 40- and 50-something hosts.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Hill said while appearing on stage with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Other guest cohosts set to fill in for Griffin over the months ahead include comedian Whitney Cummings, former View cohost Abby Huntsman, and controversial View alum Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who publicly slammed the program and Behar at the top of 2025.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Fighting is ongoing in Lebanon despite a shaky ceasefire — Israel ordered inhabitants of seven towns to evacuate ahead of military operations.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The city of Reynosa has 690,000 inhabitants and sits across the river from McAllen, Texas.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • District residents have been blanketed with anti-Bores mailers and texts.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • That program has been moving thousands of residents into hotels and motels, a fourth of whom are in permanent housing.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Authorities later confirmed that the aircraft, identified as a Cessna 421C, had five people on board and that all occupants died in the crash.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Winans said the Tekippes both swam to the sinking vehicle to try to rescue the occupants, and Kindall assisted in getting the two survivors to the shore.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
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“Hostesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostesses. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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