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
Prosecutors displayed multiple pictures of Callan at the time of his autopsy to the parties and jury, though they were not shown on camera. Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 In 70 to 80 percent of the cases heard by the London Court of International Arbitration, both parties are foreign. Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026 The ruling struck down 1971 and 2001 decisions that limited how much money political parties could spend in coordination with candidates. Gerald Scorse, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 More than 9 out of 10 of them typically vote Democratic but turn out at a lower rate than white voters, especially young generations, according to strategists in both major political parties. ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 Possible targets could include model developers, deployers and other parties whose infrastructure or decisions contributed to an incident. Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Artist Robert Rauschenberg hosted lively parties in the late 1960s at his New York townhouse. Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 But voters who are registered without party affiliation or are aligned with minor parties such as the Libertarian or Green parties can still participate. Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Probably 40,000 to 50,000 square feet of it is student space for parties and activities. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parties
Noun
  • The House of the Dragon Scorecard is an accounting of the events of this week’s season-three finale, in which points are awarded to characters on a scale of 0 to 10.
    Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Seemingly disconnected except by my mother’s witness, these two events illustrate how tragedies can galvanize change.
    Dr. Marianne Parshley, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • The two frontrunners in the Democratic primary are now Hong and Crowley, who has since gotten Evers' backing, setting up a battle between the party's moderate and progressive factions.
    Caroline Linton, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But, as analysts note, candidates often appeal to their party's hardline or most vocal factions in primaries before later tempering their messages.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
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  • The Saudi Energy Ministry said a fire had broken out at dawn at a facility belonging to Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Jazan, that was extinguished by the company’s firefighting teams.
    Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Each of those teams had a co-operative effort woven into their style by their head coach or manager.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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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  • Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session.
    Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Armed groups, known as bandits in Nigeria, regularly carry out raids and kidnappings for ransom in the northwest and north-central parts of the country.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • The shots were extensively tested for safety before they were authorized for emergency use, with the FDA requiring at least two months of follow-up safety data after vaccinating trial participants.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In an independent third-party clinical study of 33 participants, 100 percent showed improvement across seven key signs of lip aging after just one use, while 96 percent demonstrated enhanced lip volume after four weeks.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 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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  • Every quarter of adoption raises the cost of an adverse ruling, for both sides.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

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