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supper

[suhp-er] / ˈsʌp ər /


NOUN
reception
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
disacknowledgment




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She surprised him by bringing him to the supper club.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

In praise of the secret supper club: By design, hidden restaurants tend to fly under the radar.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I was sitting watching on television with my supper on a tray thinking: 'I'm going to be able to retire with the proceeds of this song'," he told the newspaper.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

“Sing for your supper and you’ll get breakfast, songbirds always eat,” the lyrics go, before offering a crucial caveat: “If their song is sweet to hear.”

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

After an early supper, fifteen-year-old Melita Maschmann dressed in her winter coat and accompanied her parents to downtown Berlin.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The heart of the space is an airy, sophisticated sitting room that connects on the south side to a dining room suggestive of decadent late night suppers in postwar Paris, and an industrial-inflected kitchen.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

Meanwhile Kerry Burley, who has been a regular at Burns suppers for more than a decade, is about to become president of Sandyford Burns Club in Glasgow.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

“It’s not all open vistas of the seas and shingled cottages of the rich. It’s cold, hard, long winters, people having bean suppers at church, traditions that go back to the 1600s.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

Since the announcement that he and his wife, Lin Yu, will be retiring, King Wha has been packed with well-wishers flocking for their last lunches or suppers, some bringing bouquets.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

Alex spent most of the school day trying to decide whether he should skip suppers on days when he had lunch in school.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer


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