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
Noun
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After that unfortunate meal, however, the group basically gets along for the rest of the day trip.
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Two wineries, one village meal and one archaeological stop in a day is enough.
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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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Owners Monica Quinto and Anyelo Farfán channel their Mexico City upbringing into the menu with massive tacos, chicharrón de queso, and family salsa recipes.
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McDonald's went all out with another fan-favorite item this summer, as its Fried Apple Pie returned to the menu for the first time in 34 years.
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Hardaway has feasted on open shots created by Jokic and Doncic in recent years.
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The small flowers are visited by native bees and butterflies, while songbirds feast on the berries.
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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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Potato skins are always a hit, and these mini ones are perfect to snack on.
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Visitors can also snack on the sweetest offerings in the entire park in this section, where the Goofy Goobers ice cream shop includes a life-size recreation of the notable SpongeBob franchise treat, the Triple Gooberberry Sunrise sundae.
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“Repast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repast. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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