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Recent Examples of speakeasy
My grandfather came to America from Italy, ran a speakeasy during Prohibition, and opened a restaurant in 1939.
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Pavia Rosati, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2025
Its tiny window opens and closes shut like an operable window in a speakeasy.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
Pre-game the big dinner by enjoying a signature French 125 (a French 75 with Cognac) in the restaurant’s chic and secluded speakeasy lounge.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
The speakeasy is best known for its diverse spirit selection, classic and house craft cocktails, and its small but mighty kitchen.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
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Pavia Rosati, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2025
Its tiny window opens and closes shut like an operable window in a speakeasy.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
Pre-game the big dinner by enjoying a signature French 125 (a French 75 with Cognac) in the restaurant’s chic and secluded speakeasy lounge.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
The speakeasy is best known for its diverse spirit selection, classic and house craft cocktails, and its small but mighty kitchen.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
Noun
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Later in the piece, as the audience is ushered into a decadent cabaret space carved out of the Agger Fish Building, another amazing and largely untold tale is teased, revealed, and spun.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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Drysdale’s ruling followed the discovery by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that the 1916 drawing, Russian War Prisoner, had been stolen from Austrian Jewish cabaret entertainer Fritz Grünbaum by Nazis.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In 2017, after two American students said they were raped by police officers on their way home from a Florence nightclub, then-Mayor Dario Nardella chose to respond by chastising the student population.—
John Last,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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Federal agents captured 18 immigrants facing deportation during their April 27 raid on an unlicensed Colorado Springs nightclub, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.—
Max Levy,
Denver Post,
9 May 2025
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This includes cops on the take and a Joliet roadhouse drug dealer (Chidi Ajufo) who livens things up.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The second floor houses the main bedroom, an en suite bathroom, and sliding glass doors that lead out to a charming deck with room for a bistro table and a few plants.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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There, McNally’s fascination with archetypal French brasseries and bistros took hold.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2024
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The London Evening Post didn’t give her name, simply identifying her as the keeper of the Queen’s Head alehouse.—
Katie Dancey-Downs,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 July 2022
Noun
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There, guests can enjoy a live DJ set, a styling saloon, themed photo activations, beauty and wellness touch-ups and a mechanical bull.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Roam prairie trails, shop for Western apparel, and fill up at the town’s saloon.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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Last month, the original downtown brewpub on Columbia Street reopened after an extensive remodel.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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The very cool outdoor brewpub near the ballpark, The Barn, is operated by Drake’s Brewing of San Leandro.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Belle Vue Hotel on Manningham Lane had seen better days by 1985, but, on the day of the fire, this by now rather run-down pub became an impromptu gathering point for the players, coaching staff and their families.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Over the past month Sheeran has made headlines by playing surprise mini-concerts at other bars in Boston and Nashville, as well as hitting Nashville’s Santa’s Pub a few weeks ago with Noah Kahan for a short dual set and reconstructing the pop-up pub at Coachella.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
8 May 2025
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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