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as in to eat
to take a meal
they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown
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Recent Examples of dine
The singer and model first sparked relationship rumors after being spotted dining together in February 2023.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
In December, for example, Meta donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund, while Zuckerberg dined with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Early last year, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated their list of food regulations, allowing dogs to join their owners while dining outdoors, as long as the restaurant's policy permits it.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Co-owners Will Thompson and Chef Carey Hynes turned their outdoor pandemic pop-up in Little River into a full-time reality, keeping the gorgeous space for dining under the giant banyan tree but adding a retro-Florida indoor dining room as well.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
In December, for example, Meta donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund, while Zuckerberg dined with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Early last year, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated their list of food regulations, allowing dogs to join their owners while dining outdoors, as long as the restaurant's policy permits it.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Co-owners Will Thompson and Chef Carey Hynes turned their outdoor pandemic pop-up in Little River into a full-time reality, keeping the gorgeous space for dining under the giant banyan tree but adding a retro-Florida indoor dining room as well.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dine
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New this year to True Nature is a retreat for those with eating disorders and their family members.—
Plain Dealer guest writer,
cleveland.com,
19 July 2017
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However hot dogs may have originated, the council estimates Americans will eat 7 billion of them between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day.—
Don Sweeney,
sacbee,
19 July 2017
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Madigan talked about his childhood, being assigned to a garbage truck in his youth, and being abused by his alcoholic father before regaling the courtroom with short stories from his political career in Springfield.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
7 Jan. 2025
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In this excerpt, Keri regales us with the tale of an epic 22-inning game, replete with a misbehaving mascot.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The question should be whether a mayor of New York honors his duty to protect taxpayer funds, or looks for opportunities to bend them to his personal and political gain.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Most of the rest of the dishes also feature seafood, honoring the city’s deep roots in fishing.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The exhibition showcases gold, silver, and bronze artifacts that reflect the Thracians’ aristocratic pursuits, including warfare, horsemanship, and banqueting.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2025
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These men seem to devote most of their time to cultivating relationships with government officials and gang bosses in teahouses, karaoke parlors, and banqueting clubs.—
John Osburg,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Apr. 2014
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The local reservoirs in turn are fed by larger regional reservoirs, which are close to full capacity.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The extreme fire weather is also being fed by extraordinarily dry conditions.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Dense residential neighborhoods and freeways sit directly beneath towering bluffs populated by mountain lions, which occasionally hop the fences of backyard swimming pools to feast on domestic cats and dogs.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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There, the bird joined bald eagles on nearby rocky cliffs to feast on spawning capelin, a type of small, oily fish that lives in northern waters.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Dine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dine. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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