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luncheon

[luhn-chuhn] / ˈlʌn tʃən /
NOUN
lunch
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Kim later hosted Xi and their wives for a luncheon before accompanying the Chinese leader to the airport for his departure.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The latest event — billed as a conference and gala luncheon with Trump as the keynote speaker — is scheduled to take place Saturday at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

“I’ve failed,” confessed William McChesney Martin Jr. to the hosts of his retirement luncheon from the Fed, which he headed from 1951 to 1970.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"It's anxiety inducing to watch the actual announcements. I've done it before," she told the BBC at the annual Academy Awards luncheon.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A luncheon was given for me that afternoon by the Nigerian High Commissioner, His Excellency Alhadji Isa Wali, a short, bespectacled, extremely warm and friendly man who had lived in Washington, D.C. for two years.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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