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supper

[suhp-er] / ˈsʌp ər /


NOUN
reception
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
disacknowledgment




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This last supper of a season is a culmination of all their training, formal and otherwise, blending into a stress test that amazingly feels less stressful than many of this show’s loudest cortisol-spiking installments.

From Salon Jun. 28, 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

"The restaurant we went up to last night for supper, they were all talking about it."

From Barron's Apr. 1, 2026

They appeared on panels moderated by celebrity boosters such as Austin Butler and Denzel Washington, and mingled at a Los Angeles supper club that got turned into the juke joint from the movie.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

That night after an early supper, the school board met in an emergency meeting.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

We had a family tradition of Sunday suppers, and when we didn’t eat at home, we would go out to restaurants like Olive Garden.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

President Andrew Crook said the price of cod had doubled in the past year and claimed consumers were ditching fish suppers for cheaper ready meals.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

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

The women said they prepare about 700 breakfasts — which are placed in bags that students take to class — and about 800 lunches and more than 100 suppers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2023

I walked around The Village, glancing through candlelit windows where families ate their suppers or children were snuggling in their beds.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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