dinners

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 stoneware dishes, with their childlike design, candy-colored glazes, and divided compartments, might jog formative memories of Montessori sorting trays or vintage TV dinners. — Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026 January is the fine-dining restaurant, and the resort offers a number of additional dining experiences, including The Rambling and Tiffin dinners. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 So today’s selection of recipes is a toe-dip into fall — a collection of five fast, simple dinners to ease us into the season. — Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Chivayo was a close ally of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and often posted pictures of encounters, including dinners, with heads of state from across Africa. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026 What happens next is conveyed almost entirely through flashbacks to dinners that weren’t interesting enough to become full scenes. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026 Chanel’s extraordinary trips—access to palaces, private jets, Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, caviar dinners—all pass through the book as mundane elements of the scenery. — Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026 Pham’s growing following of customers, who have eagerly preordered one of the limited number of ducks, are set to begin arriving to collect their dinners in the next hour. — Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Host dinners where people who would not normally meet are seated beside one another. — Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinners
Noun
  • Once settled into cozy banquets and armchairs around the tables, dinner was served—family-style, in all its Italian glory.
    — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The clubhouse had undergone an extensive renovation about two years ago and is the part of the facility where community banquets are held, the mayor noted.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And in 2022, archaeologists uncovered evidence that an ancient Peruvian people laced the beer served at their feasts with hallucinogens.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Save room on Monday, Wednesday or Friday for the chef’s table at Sokasi, a small wooden eight-seat outpost where traditional Balinese feasts are cooked right in front of you on a grill.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Dinners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinners. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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