as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class
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Recent Examples of banquet
AFAR Media, 29 Oct. 2025
And, anyway, who but élitists would object to a big ballroom that looks like the banquet hall of a third-rate casino?
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
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Noun
There’s a variety of seating types, including leather armchairs, lounge chairs, and banquets, each with USB and USB-C ports nearby.
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As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for banquet
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Browse through our seven favorite pairs, below, to wear from weekend errands to casual dinners, with prices starting at $30.—
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Consider this your guide for planning weeknight dinners, date nights or after-work fare across the Des Moines metro.—
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While Constantine died before the filming of 2023’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, the plot of the movie paid tribute to the actor, revolving around a family trip to Greece intended to honor his character’s last wish.—
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The 2026 Golden Globes are tonight — the first major award show of the year to honor standouts in film and television.—
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Some tribes in the region that traditionally hold First Salmon feasts to welcome the arrival of spring salmon from the ocean have waited for their catch in vain, forcing them to ask other tribes to donate a fish, Gobin said.—
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We were used to lives of feast or famine.—
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Ed Wallace, who regaled radio listeners, TV viewers and newspaper readers with stories and advice about cars, died Sunday at his Fort Worth home.—
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Jim often regaled others with the spicy story.—
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Tuck into a tasting menu at fine-dining hot spot Roselily.—
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Kutcher and the actress dined at La Dolce Vita, an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills.—
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Their study suggests that slow, orderly streams of cool gas already inside the galaxy—or delivered by interactions with nearby galaxies—may be quietly feeding central black holes, allowing those black holes to gently shut down star formation without blowing the galaxy apart.—
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In one scheme, prosecutors say dozens of scammers bilked more than $250 million from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in what has been described as the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in the country.—
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“Banquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banquet. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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