dines

present tense third-person singular of dine
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as in regales
to entertain with a fancy meal the advertising agency lavishly wines and dines prospective clients

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dines As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dines
Verb
  • Over time this eats away at your confidence and cause even the most talented and ambitious of entrepreneurs to play small rather than expand.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s what Wright eats, and suggests to others, for a long and healthy life.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hospitals can store medical records, lab results, imaging scans, and real time feeds from bedside monitors in a single hub.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Whether users wanted to see them or not, videos of horrific moments have been flooding social media feeds over the past week.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ceremony honors the courage of seriously ill children and their families, and Harry will once again deliver a speech and present the award for Most Inspirational Child (aged 4–6).
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The base now honors Union soldiers Pvt.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Dines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dines. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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