social occasion
Example Sentences
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"Strictly speaking that was breaking the rules but it was during a dinner and during a social occasion and therefore I thought it was legitimate," he told the inquiry.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
The summer spectaculars coincided with the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, a new reason to make going to the movies a big, social occasion again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
In a way that chatting up dozens of people all day might not have been energizing, had it been just a social occasion?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
It could have been at a news conference, a social occasion or both.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
We were meant to remember pearls pattering at a certain social occasion.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
