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or soirée
as in reception
a formal social gathering that is usually at night
They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel.
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Recent Examples of soiree
Dinner here is like attending a backyard soiree thrown by your coolest friend.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
With Colin and Penelope now happily hitched and raising their son, the new season focuses on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and his love story with Sophie (Yerin Ha), which unfolds at his mother's soiree of the year.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Olivia Rodrigo joined fellow singers on Friday night for a festive soiree.
—Tara Larson, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025
Si Newhouse and Tina Brown cozy up at one of the former’s similarly storied soirees.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
With Colin and Penelope now happily hitched and raising their son, the new season focuses on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and his love story with Sophie (Yerin Ha), which unfolds at his mother's soiree of the year.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Olivia Rodrigo joined fellow singers on Friday night for a festive soiree.
—Tara Larson, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025
Si Newhouse and Tina Brown cozy up at one of the former’s similarly storied soirees.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soiree
Noun
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Finn Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton and Joe Keery were among the guests who were photographed walking to the couple's wedding reception, according to the photos published by People.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Last season, Jennings had just 643 yards (55th in the NFL) but scored on a career-high nine touchdown receptions, tying for the NFL’s eighth-best total.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This recipe stars spaghetti and brings together four types of cheeses (including ricotta) for an extra hearty, creamy, and smooth supper.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Sunday supper would be no fun around our table if the kids didn’t get along so well.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 16,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Four years later, Bruna Moura finally made it to the start line of an event at the Olympic Games – the qualification race for the Sprint Classic.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Leaders used the event to assess both the drone’s performance and the readiness of troops assigned to fly and manage it.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Unitree’s founder met President Xi Jinping weeks later at a high-profile tech symposium, the first of its kind since 2018.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
17 Feb. 2026
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Here is the schedule for this year’s symposium.—
Point Loma-Ob Monthly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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That low approval, along with the lack of a de facto party leader, has led to a number of Democratic lawmakers offering their views on how the party can make gains among the electorate, particularly working-class voters.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
16 Feb. 2026
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Magyar, a former insider in Orbán's nationalist Fidesz party, burst onto Hungary's political scene in 2024 after breaking with his political community and quickly forming the center-right Tisza party.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The hanging quickly devolves into an all-out bacchanal, as onlookers drink, dance and kiss in the square surrounding the flailing corpse.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The judge, Jezabel Dabouis, favored Beaudry and Cizeron by nearly eight points over the three-time world champions in the free dance, a margin so large that if her score were removed from the equation entirely, Chock and Bates would have won gold.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Krewes are also known for hosting formal and exclusive masquerade balls.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Shondaland series continues to follow bohemian second son Benedict Bridgerton, whose search for love was set in motion during Part 1 after he became entranced by a mysterious Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Lunar New Year celebrations are in full swing as millions participate in festivities and honor traditions believed to bring good fortune.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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His government last year banned the popular Budapest Pride celebration and allowed facial recognition technology to be used to identify anyone participating despite the ban.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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