parties 1 of 2

plural of party
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a group of people acting together within a larger group a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision

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parties

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verb

present tense third-person singular of party

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Recent Examples of parties
Noun
The Heat and DeRozan have had mutual interest in the past, and conversations between the parties are expected. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 San Jose recorded 1 million total downtown visits during the six-week FIFA World Cup, officials announced Friday — a final count over 2 ½ times initial projections — driven by energetic watch parties and strong fan culture in the city. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 25 July 2026 And the district just came off its highest-profile summer in years, with World Cup watch parties drawing more than 7,000 people to the plaza on peak nights. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026 And none of the parties have been keen to scrutinize the cash flowing into their campaigns. Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 The governing parties face three difficult regional elections in September. ABC News, 24 July 2026 The sense at various points this summer, as previously outlined by The Athletic, was that a deal was unlikely to be reached; that a compromise that suited all parties would prove too tricky. Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The War In times of peace, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) had hosted parties in their palace for all — even beggars were welcome. Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026 Pinta hosted card-writing parties and spread the word on social media and through my columns and, all told, sent out around 2,100 cards that year. Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parties
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  • Some people go through traumatic events and tend to either emulate the behavior later in life or avoid it and go in the opposite direction.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • The Seattle Center describes itself as a civic, arts and family grounds space that attracts over 12 million visitors each year for events across its 74-acre campus, which includes the Space Needle and the city’s largest arena.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
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  • More to Explore Upon Washington’s death in 1799, the factions agreed that he should be buried in his eponymous capital city, despite his instructions that he be buried at Mount Vernon.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 July 2026
  • According to the think tank InSight Crime, the alliance between these factions was one of the main reasons the Sinaloa cartel consolidated itself as one of the most powerful in the region.
    Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
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  • The contract includes a limited no-trade clause, blocking eight teams without consent.
    Mac Engel July 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026
  • Most leadership teams cannot answer this, and the exercise usually surfaces more exposure than expected.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
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  • Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026
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  • The European Union has banned AI that encourages dangerous behavior in vulnerable groups like children, and mandated transparency requirements for other chatbots.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • As noted by Beard, this board was built with a deliberateness and purpose to ensure that the women had the runway to impact decision-making, advise the athletes, and construct the next basketball league alongside the co-founder groups.
    Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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  • Instead there were tech founders who didn’t seem to know much about cultural industries, or art world participants who didn’t seem to know much about tech.
    Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026
  • Several talks at the conference mentioned this launch, which the Indian space participants were very proud of.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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  • And for a girl who is known for her epic Fourth of July bashes, wearing a gown by the designer for her wedding celebration (that just so happens to fall over the holiday weekend) seems like a perfect fit.
    Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • This big-batch watermelon punch is great for summer bashes.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
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  • Both sides agreed to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program under the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in June but later fell apart.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • The most competitive part of the match might have been the fight between the players of the two sides right after the game ended.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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