social occasion
Example Sentences
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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
Royal Ascot which attracts 270,000 spectators over the five days is as much a social occasion as a sporting event.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2023
And if they make it a social occasion by inviting friends along, even better.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021
Over the course of the pandemic, isolation has been the route to safety, and any social occasion had to be considered with levels of care usually reserved for presidents or royalty.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Oh, how hard it is to make sense of a social occasion from the train of a dress.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
