hostesses

Definition of hostessesnext
plural of hostess

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Noun
  • Think sea-view terraces, kitchens meant for real cooking, and hosts who treat you less like a guest and more like extended family.
    Jenna Curcio, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Now Kim is joining the ever-growing ranks of celebrity travel show hosts, serving as a guide to Korea in the upcoming CNN travel series K-Everything.
    Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 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
  • What sets them apart is, in exchange for yearly sacrifices in the form of new hires who seem like they won’t be missed, the Virgil’s inhabitants have been granted a conditional immortality that makes the film’s action sequences more fun for a while and then more tedious.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • While the new research was focused on microgravity conditions, hypothetical Mars inhabitants will experience roughly 38 percent of Earth’s gravity.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some 1,270 counties lost residents in the year to July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau figures out Thursday.
    Augusta Saraiva, Bloomberg, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The day prior, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared that the masses of mostly Shia residents of southern Lebanon could be displaced for an indefinite period.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This four-seat (technically) convertible wraps its occupants in tailored luxury and backs up its sleek appearance with muscular performance.
    Jason Fogelson, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • His truck struck a Volkswagen Jetta and a Chevrolet Silverado, killing occupants in those vehicles, before continuing another tenth of a mile and hitting 13 additional vehicles.
    Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
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