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hostess

[hoh-stis] / ˈhoʊ stɪs /


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“Nothing is easy in Dubai,” said the hostess, Katushabe, who uses her earnings to maintain children and parents back in Uganda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The hostess usually puts on a nice spread: dips, fresh bread, cuts of ham and beef, Christmas tree-shaped chips with hummus and salsa cruda, mince pies, chocolate squares, etc.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Lily, the hostess of Miller's Waterfront Restaurant in the Outer Banks town of Nags Head, told the BBC the wind was "starting to pick up" and the weather had become cloudy.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“Brad Pitt probably has to stay sequestered in a tower in a castle somewhere — it becomes no fun at all,” said Cassandra Peterson, the actor better known as the macabre movie hostess Elvira.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

As the hostess wound deeper and deeper into the restaurant, Dimple turned to Rishi.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon