junkets 1 of 2

noun

plural of junket
as in excursions
a short trip for pleasure took a junket to the city for some sightseeing and shopping

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junkets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of junket
as in honors
to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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Recent Examples of junkets
Noun
And this cast wasn’t simply showing up to junkets. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 When studio movies come to the Croisette, they’re accompanied by stars on the red carpet and parties and marketing junkets. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 May 2026 In a few famous cases, star appearances on promotion junkets exacerbated personal conflicts to stimulate audience interest. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 May 2026 Miles Teller has been in Cannes promoting his star turn in James Gray’s competition title Paper Tiger, but the star continues to be shy about press junkets after a September 2015 Esquire magazine profile. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 Beyond consultant services, YouTube also connects some of these creators with speaking events and press junkets to extend reach and boost awareness. — Alex Sherman,zach Vallese, CNBC, 10 May 2026 During her time in Congress Bass had a penchant for international junkets. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 1 May 2026 In the clip, Gosling—playing the part of his character, who has been selected for a fictional space mission—delivers lines more commonly found on social media than in traditional press junkets. — Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Hammed Animashaun also delivered a cutting take on film junkets with agonizingly enthusiastic influencer interviewers. — Scott Bryan, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkets
  1. excursions
  2. honors
  3. tours
  4. regales
  5. travels
  6. dines
  7. feeds
  8. feasts
Noun
  • Guests can also access select Punta Mita amenities and explore the surrounding region through private yacht excursions, off-road adventures, cooking experiences and visits to nearby Sayulita.
    — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • While the Scarlet Lady takes you on a familiar route around the Caribbean, the on-shore excursions available are what make this sail memorable.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of excursions
Verb
  • To have a business community that trusts and honors the mayor and demonstrates it by giving back to its home city and helping make this a great place to raise a family.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The result is a clinic that still honors the original Mayr method yet feels unmistakably modern, holistic, and global in outlook.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026
Definition of honors
Noun
  • Paso Robles also boasts one of the only distillery tours in California, including distilleries like CalWise Spirits Company in the Tin City area.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The memorial arch has free tours May through October, weather permitting.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
Definition of tours
Verb
  • Trump regularly regales audiences with his prowess as a dealmaker by recounting conversations he's had with Macron about trade irritants, mimicking Macron's responses in an exaggerated accent.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • Aboard the boat, Terry regales his passengers with tales of the river, from namesake Twain to tragic Lovers' Leap just downstream of Hannibal.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
Definition of regales
Noun
  • One of the monarch’s nicknames for his wife is unexpected—and likely derived from his travels abroad.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 July 2026
  • The outlet also highlights travelers’ reasoning behind specifically selecting window seats for their travels, including motion sickness, fear of flying or to keep children occupied.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • Every guest after the first 100 who dines in from Saturday through Monday can get a buy one, get one beef pepper rice.
    — Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Complimentary valet is available for anyone who dines at Toro Toro before or after a screening.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of dines
Verb
  • The first episode drops Thursday, July 16 in podcast feeds everywhere.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • The image of pre- and post-highway village life, and of his own family’s generations-long migration from Karachi through the upper Himalayas to Dehradun, feeds directly into the film’s sense of people caught in transit.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
Definition of feeds
Verb
  • Jordan Clarkson, New York Clarkson rebirthed his career in New York as a role-playing bench wing who feasts on offensive boards (no, really) and plays more defense than the Utah version.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Well, Sydney feasts a little bit at the end.
    — Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of feasts

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