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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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The film centers on Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), who heads to a party hotspot in the Mediterranean with her two best friends, ready for a carefree holiday filled with drinking and clubbing before adulthood takes hold (à la Spring Breakers).
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Their latest works integrate the energy of clubbing and techno music with powerful, socially-conscious narratives.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
Instead, treatments focus on the condition causing the clubbing.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
Image In 2012, after years of clubbing and partying, Mr. Lynskey quit drinking.
—Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Their latest works integrate the energy of clubbing and techno music with powerful, socially-conscious narratives.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
Instead, treatments focus on the condition causing the clubbing.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
Image In 2012, after years of clubbing and partying, Mr. Lynskey quit drinking.
—Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Clubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clubbing. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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