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dinners

noun

plural of dinner

as in banquets

a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment there will be a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant for the entire team

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Recent Examples of dinners The hosts can help guests make the most of their trip, organizing anything from boat trips and water sports to private candlelit dinners on the pier. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026 Happy hours, weddings, dates and dinners all tend to center around it. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 Zeraati and his wife stopped doing many of their usual activities, such as trips to the grocery store and dinners out with friends. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Berry’s fiancé Van Hunt treated her to intimate dinners, boat rides, and wine tastings. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026 Save as a collection on MyRecipes Fall brings football tailgates, family dinners, and dozens more excuses to gather. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026 The school will hold full classes and provide lunch and take-home dinners for its students, parents, and staff who are waking up in the dark yet again on Friday. — Laura Bannon, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 There’s a graciousness that runs through these evenings spent with their friends at dinners and happy hours before meals out, with each moment spent together as much a cause for celebration as the event itself. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026 The source points out that the Line Sheet dinners that Sherman hosts have struggled to attract luxury advertisers. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

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The plan includes additional premium seating, suites and a club space capable of hosting banquets and other events.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Who knows when state banquets will return to the ornate halls of Buckingham Palace?

— Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026

Definition of banquets

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Ancient dirty dishes University of South Carolina archaeologist Adam King and his colleagues found fragments of ancient DNA from Theobroma cacao in the inner surfaces of potsherds from long-ago feasts at Etowah.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
The earliest community members built Etowah mounds by first digging soil for the earthen platforms, then filling them with the remains of ritual feasts.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

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