hostesses

Definition of hostessesnext
plural of hostess
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Noun
  • The talk of the talk show hosts' gathering included the state of late-night television, amorous encounters with guests and one high-profile hate-watcher.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Mark Wahlberg recently launched the 4AM Club Challenge on YouTube, late-night hosts such as Trevor Noah and Ziwe are premiering new titles on the platform, and Phil Rosenthal is moving his Somebody Feed Phil series there from Netflix.
    Peter White, Deadline, 12 May 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
  • The Allende little ones introduced Middleton to the park’s inhabitants—turtles, ducks, frogs—and took her to see the pond.
    Stefania Saltalamacchia, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Before pushing off from the beach, guides explain the deep spiritual connection the kamaʻāina (native born) have with the ocean and its inhabitants.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • At the commissioner’s court meeting, area residents universally condemned the idea, variously calling it a Trojan horse, a foothold, a wasp’s nest, and a bribe.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • In the same time frame, inner-ring suburbs have lost residents.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Set across decades at a lakeside property in Brandenburg, the film follows successive inhabitants through the Nazi era, East Germany and reunification, tracing how political systems reshape ordinary lives whether their occupants acknowledge it or not.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Other occupants who were inside the residence at the time appeared to be unharmed, Shanks said in a news release.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
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