as in dance
a social gathering for dancing
he resolved to ask her to the school prom at the first opportunity
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Recent Examples of prom
Russell, who spent her teen years in Colorado, hadn’t gone to her own prom.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Perms have become a pop culture memory that many prefer to forget, or at least joke about while looking back at their 1980s prom albums.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
The 25-year-old started teaching children's dance classes as a teenager, worked at Wendy's to pay for her prom dress in high school and delivered groceries during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Kevin Watkins from Comerica Bank said the event started as a prom dress drive in 2017 and has now expanded into two dress giveaways per year: one for homecoming season and one for prom.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Perms have become a pop culture memory that many prefer to forget, or at least joke about while looking back at their 1980s prom albums.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
The 25-year-old started teaching children's dance classes as a teenager, worked at Wendy's to pay for her prom dress in high school and delivered groceries during the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Kevin Watkins from Comerica Bank said the event started as a prom dress drive in 2017 and has now expanded into two dress giveaways per year: one for homecoming season and one for prom.
—Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prom
Noun
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Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres put her own spin on rapper Cardi B's look (and dance moves) in 2019.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Lively, who co-starred in the movie with Baldoni, the film’s director, said the harassment included an incident during the filming of a slow dance where no sound was recorded.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Below, Holmes speaks to Deadline in depth about the festival’s first 15 years of operations, including her battles with studios and distributors to secure films, programming across the film and art space, and her plans for the festival’s future.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The festival featured a range of 252 titles (comprising features, shorts, series and immersive works) hailing from 79 countries this year, with 41 percent of works from female and non-binary filmmakers.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager dress as Miranda Priestly and Anna Wintour while hosting the Today Halloween celebration in New York City.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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As dinner concluded, Cynthia Erivo took the microphone to invite everyone to continue the celebration.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Prom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prom. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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