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: the activity of patronizing nightclubs
At three in the morning, it's a different scene: friends coming off a night of clubbing trade stories of their conquests …—
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: the condition of being clubbed
In March, during a life-insurance medical examination, he said, Dr. John C. Greco, a physician in Bridge City, had called to his attention the fact that he had developed finger clubbing.—Paul Brodeur
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After the clubbing scandal, the Finnish media, which had already dubbed her Party Sanna, began ramping up its coverage of Marin’s off-the-clock activities.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
But after a night out clubbing and drinking, Connor — expecting to rekindle a romance with Olivia — acquiesces to her suggestion of a threesome, a decision that inevitably alters the course of their lives.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
From left: Andrea Farrington, 39, talks to her camera in her home about her clubbing days.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Nowhere have the divisions over Gaza within the music scene been more pronounced than in Berlin, where clubbing and politics have long been intertwined.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
But after a night out clubbing and drinking, Connor — expecting to rekindle a romance with Olivia — acquiesces to her suggestion of a threesome, a decision that inevitably alters the course of their lives.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
From left: Andrea Farrington, 39, talks to her camera in her home about her clubbing days.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Nowhere have the divisions over Gaza within the music scene been more pronounced than in Berlin, where clubbing and politics have long been intertwined.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clubbing
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“Clubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clubbing. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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