Thesaurus results for SQUARE DANCE

square dance

noun

Definition of square dance

as in celebration

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Recent Examples of square dance And the evening winds down with a festival-wide square dance led by KC Heil’s All-Star Dance Band. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026 For less than $100, Sacramento travelers can experience the night-life of Las Vegas, square dance in Texas and get coffee in Seattle. — Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Dancers demonstrate the quadrille—a square dance of French origin accompanied by traditional quelbe folk music. — Nikki Miller-Ka, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026 The Wranglers Sq6uare Dance Club is starting a new learn to square dance class. — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for square dance

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Noun

Both posed with the actor's granddaughter, Melissa Talmadge Cox, who first met Fadem at another Keaton celebration ten years ago in Muskegon, Mich.

— Brian Bull, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
The eveningwear collection is designed for red carpets, galas, black-tie celebrations and other memorable occasions.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of celebration

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Meanwhile, other high-profile films that did play Venice last year — titles like After the Hunt, A House of Dynamite, Jay Kelly, and The Smashing Machine — were kneecapped by mixed receptions on the Lido and never quite recovered.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
The award will be presented to Zag at the closing cocktail reception at the Rendez-Vous, which is a glitzy affair held at the historic Montivilliers Abbey and hosted by Hervé Morin, President of the Normandy Region.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of reception

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Standing with a bike near the festival was Frantz Jerome, 65.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Based on the 2021 short of the same name, whose festival run included New Directors/New Films, it’s produced by microFILM, 2Pilots Filmproduction, Frakas Prods.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of festival

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New York City just got a little more sparkly, as Harry Styles kicked off the 30-date residency of his global Together, Together tour at Madison Square Garden, turning the Manhattan arena into the ultimate dance club for the next two months.

— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026
Capacity of growing and pursuing a professional career in dance isn’t holding me back.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of dance

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By Hollywood standards, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden was a total blowout.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The Cubs slugged a franchise record nine home runs in a 17-3 blowout win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field, putting an exclamation point on a stellar month of power production.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of blowout

Noun

For Challenge 2 and beyond, the players get masquerade-ball half-masks on sticks, sans eyeholes, to use as blindfolds during challenge setups.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
But the maison will also have a trio of exclusive treatments on offer at Hotel Cipriani, which were crafted to honor Christian Dior’s love of masquerade balls and Venice.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 July 2026

Definition of masquerade

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Author-director Wayne Wang is back to carnal game playing as a catalyst for psychological mischief in Diary of a Mad Old Man, which stars Fan Bingbing and Lily Franky and is headed to a gala world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
The annual summertime gala week is an important time for the Ranch in terms of fundraising.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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