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booking

[book-ing] / ˈbʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
engagement
Synonyms


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I was the booking person for “New Wave Theatre”; it was myself and my boyfriend at the time, Richard Skidmore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The booking agent promised I wouldn’t have to think.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I found it myself on Google Flights, then, for journalistic reasons, asked Muse to take a crack at the booking.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Smile broke up in the spring of 1970 but the group still had a booking to fulfill at Truro City Hall, now known as the Hall for Cornwall.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

He would have to speak with the manager of the theater about booking such dull fare.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Official-sounding email addresses floated around, offering bookings and stringing people along before asking for large payments.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The restaurant is also available for private-dining bookings with a room that can instantly tint its glass, hiding diners with the flip of a switch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

That optimism is partly explained by their chart showing online penetration of global travel bookings at 70%, leaving $700 billion of bookings offline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Dunne said the experience made her question whether she should continue to take bookings.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

His for Estha alone, because Chacko had gone to see about the bookings at the Hotel Sea Queen.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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