as in meal
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time
monks taking their evening repast in silence
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Recent Examples of repast
Brooke Greenberg,
Arkansas Online,
18 Jan. 2026
Following D’Angelo’s wake, Dave Chappelle rented out a restaurant as a sort of repast for extended friends and family.
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Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
12 Dec. 2025
Fashion provides people with a delicious repast and then prepares itself to serve another.
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
This tasty if not particularly healthy repast will be served on Shudder later this year.
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Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
A little repast for the news-weary.
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Brooke Greenberg,
Arkansas Online,
18 Jan. 2026
Following D’Angelo’s wake, Dave Chappelle rented out a restaurant as a sort of repast for extended friends and family.
—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
12 Dec. 2025
Fashion provides people with a delicious repast and then prepares itself to serve another.
—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
This tasty if not particularly healthy repast will be served on Shudder later this year.
—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repast
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The indictment further alleges Eidleh created Federal Child Nutrition Program sites using nominee owners, then falsely claimed the sites were serving meals to thousands of children each day.
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Part of that is the $247 per diem lawmakers received for meals and other expenses.
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An impressive reception room and a banqueting hall add to its splendor.
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The exhibition showcases gold, silver, and bronze artifacts that reflect the Thracians’ aristocratic pursuits, including warfare, horsemanship, and banqueting.
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Now the menu item being added is online activity.
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The concise menu, by Dutch chef Karin Gaasterland, skews Moroccan-French.
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George, Tre Johnson and others should receive more wide-open 3-point looks when Young directs the offense, and Sarr and Davis should feast on lobs from Young in pick-and-rolls.
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After ten years at war and ten more at sea, he is borne back to Ithaca by his gracious hosts the Phaeacians, who have feasted him and delighted in his tales.
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James Stocklas, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania One evening in 2016, dining at a sports bar in the Florida Keys, James Stocklas, 67, glimpsed a yacht on the water.
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Guests can also enjoy thoughtfully paired food and wine experiences at the estate restaurant, with the option of dining indoors or on the scenic outdoor patio overlooking the vineyards.
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In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
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But that hasn't stopped teams from partaking in the month, of course.
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The report found that some states fared well in certain categories but fell short in others.
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New York City has actually fared better than the rest of the state in terms of overall population stats.
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How to Eat Toss edamame in salads, snack on them alone, or include them in stir fry, suggests Greeley.
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Can snack workouts replace longer workout sessions?
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“Repast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repast. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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