discotheque

variants or discothéque

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Recent Examples of discotheque No discotheques, no recognizable brands or Michelin stars, and no chain hotels. Simon Mills, airmail.news, 10 Aug. 2024 The basement, meanwhile, serves as a discotheque and games room dedicated to the concept of Play. Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024 Cocaine was ubiquitous in discotheques across Miami by the late 1970s, when Blanco relocated from Colombia. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 An antique store turned novelty store Evangeline’s began as an antique and gift store, which shared a building space with a discotheque. Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 13 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for discotheque
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discotheque
Noun
  • The Wolverines and Buckeyes were bigger than disco in the ’70s, and by the end of the decade, the Spartans were forgotten like bellbottoms.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Some inventive past examples include a popular touring revue with Ira Glass, a disco dance workout through the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a meditation on loneliness in the public atrium of a Financial District shopping mall.
    Brian Schaefer July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Mood lighting, a low-slung ceiling, the thumping bass from abundant speakers; is this a gym or a nightclub?
    Travis Webb, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
  • The nearby and affiliated Knickerbocker Music Center is a historic nightclub that has been showcasing local and national acts since the end of Prohibition.
    Bob Curley, AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The actor plays an unhinged Mary Todd Lincoln as an alcoholic and wannabe cabaret singer.
    Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 9 June 2025
  • Longtime favorites include the historic Crown & Anchor, which is ground zero for drag, cabaret and dancing; A-House, which is one of the country’s oldest gay bars and Provincetown’s only year-round dance club; and The Boatslip, whose daily afternoon tea dance is a Ptown institution each summer.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 7 June 2025

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