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Recent Examples of speakeasy
The roaring twenties was a heyday for more than just flappers, speakeasies, and Louis Armstrong.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
Dawn Manor Restaurant, a bar, speakeasy and gift shop inspired by the historic Dawn Manor.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Later in the night, the newlyweds and a few guests went to a speakeasy at a hotel.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Where to Shop L’Atelier A boutique store meets a speakeasy, L'Atelier requires an appointment to visit.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2025
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
Dawn Manor Restaurant, a bar, speakeasy and gift shop inspired by the historic Dawn Manor.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Later in the night, the newlyweds and a few guests went to a speakeasy at a hotel.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Where to Shop L’Atelier A boutique store meets a speakeasy, L'Atelier requires an appointment to visit.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
Noun
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As master of ceremonies at her Fool’s Moon cabaret, Puella displays the kind of unearned self-assurance that usually wins praise for men and scorn for women.—
Michael Snyder,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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As a cabaret singer, Mason has headlined at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, Feinstein’s at the Regency, Rainbow and Stars, the Algonquin, the Plush Room in San Francisco and Davenport’s in Chicago, among many others.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Later, Dorian visits an opium den, which Williams transforms into a modern-day nightclub, complete with techno, strobe lights, and a gay character smoking from a crystal meth pipe.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Subplots like his minority investment in the sleazy nightclub The Snakehole Lounge afforded him the opportunity to showcase a stunning variety of little coats, unlike Scott, whose stern and straight-laced state auditor Ben Wyatt seemingly never changes into anything less formal.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 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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If there’s no outdoor space available, place the bistro set in the corner of the kitchen.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Joining them are restaurants, bistros, coffee shops and more in all corners of the city.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 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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The hotel’s adobe-style buildings are interconnected, with paths weaving between the rooms, a moody saloon, and the breezy restaurant.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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By 1885 the new settlement’s population soared to more than 2,000, and hotels, restaurants, blacksmiths, saloons, shops and more lined both sides of Main Street, Second and Third Avenues.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
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The publication recently polled readers about the top 10 brewpubs in the United States in 2025 — and Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse, 1322 V St. in Sacramento, made the list.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The brewpub found a home in a 30,000-square-foot building in Denver’s RiNo district in July 2016.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2025
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Dear Eric: My favorite local pub has wonderful food except for the fries.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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The singer then explained the sentimental reasoning behind the pub's name, Lancaster Lock.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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