potluck

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Recent Examples of potluck Also potluck lunch, socializing, fossil hunting and camping. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025 The versatile and super simple formula might just replace your go-to pound cake at the next potluck. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 May 2025 Along the back wall waited dishes of rice and chicken, part of a celebratory potluck to mark the end of Ramadan. Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025 Ramona Garden Club: 11:30 a.m. for potluck and social time, Mountain View Community Church, 1191 Meadowlark Way. Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for potluck
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Noun
  • Amenities: Restaurant, bar, pool, private beach, shuttle beach service, spa, fitness center, kid’s club Insider’s Tip: Have the chef prepare you a picnic to enjoy in the gardens.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • The coast’s only public beach is Pine Island Park, a 3-acre park on white sand shores equipped with picnic shelters, barbecue grills, a playground, volleyball courts, and an observation deck overlooking the Gulf.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Father’s Day can sometimes seem like an afterthought in the late-spring holiday lineup: third place behind Mother’s Day and Memorial Day, a mere warm-up barbecue before the Fourth of July.
    Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
  • Outside, the grounds stretch into tiered gardens, a pool deck, a fire pit lounge and a barbecue area primed for golden-hour gatherings.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Earlier in the day, Fairmount Park had been filled with families and community members enjoying Memorial Day cookouts, CNN affiliate WPVI reported.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
  • The unofficial start to summer has arrived, and it's marked with patriotic parades, cookouts, record travel and sales.
    Kelly Tyko, Axios, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Every day, members of the kibbutz gathered in a banquet hall to hear updates about neighbors who had been kidnapped or murdered or were still missing.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • While attending a state banquet during their visit, the Dutch royals gave President Pavel and his wife the Order of the Dutch Lion and the Order of the Royal Household. Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage?
    Greta Bjornson, People.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The restaurant served a Kunming-style roast duck, a variation of Peking duck from China.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • Some studies show that the antioxidants are preserved at the highest levels when medium coffee roast varieties are brewed for around three minutes.31 9.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Spread out bread and bake until golden and crisp, 9 to 12 minutes.
    Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • Without removing muffin tray; reduce oven temperature to 375°F and bake until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean, about 12 minutes.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Many of the largest dahlias, sometimes called dinner plate dahlias, are in the late-blooming category.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
  • She was recently spotted out to dinner with Selena Gomez and enjoying a date night with Kelce.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • According to Rambling’s East Coast sources, the usually bustling Long Island clambake enclave — where everyone from Steven Spielberg to Paul McCartney to Brooke Shields owns sprawling properties — is suffering from its sleepiest season in recent memory.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
  • The coast of Maine is my idea of what summertime is all about, from clambakes on the rocky shore to falling asleep to the sound of seagulls.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

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“Potluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potluck. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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