mistress of ceremonies
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“SNL’s” Melissa Villaseñor is mistress of ceremonies for the “2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards,” which will now be handing out the hardware to TV shows as well as movies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2021
Law-Yone shares mistress of ceremonies duties with her daughter and business partner, Simone Jacobson, who like her mother comes to the restaurant from Toli Moli, their Burmese bodega inside Union Market.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019
Savannah Lowery — as the soloist who is mistress of ceremonies in “Rubies” — hurled happy thunderbolts.
From New York Times • May 26, 2014
His re-edit of Vogue by Madonna was a dancefloor staple last year, cutting her into a fierce mistress of ceremonies.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013
The nun, who is in the secret of the king's desire, is made mistress of ceremonies, and the queen's jealous opposition is overborne.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
