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: a time of celebration marked by special observances
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: an often periodic celebration or program of events or entertainment having a specified focus
a daffodil festival
a Greek festival
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Examples of festival in a Sentence
Noun
Each year, a festival was held to celebrate the harvest.
The town has a summer festival in the park.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
In late 2015, Spain’s subsidy rules changed, ditching domestic box office performance as a main criteria in favor of a multi-point system, which for artier films prized a producer or director’s festival track-record, plus first features.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2025
Fans shared several videos of Pascal’s antics at the famed festival, where the actor could be seen laughing and playfighting with Phoenix, 50, smiling with Stone, 36, and — as per usual — being the life of the party.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Adjective
The directive, a new addition to standard protocol, comes as labor activists from the unofficial union of festival temporary workers, Sous Les Écrans La Dèche, staged protests on opening night over working conditions.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
In late 2015, Spain’s subsidy rules changed, ditching domestic box office performance as a main criteria in favor of a multi-point system, which for artier films prized a producer or director’s festival track-record, plus first features.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025
Noun
The festival will unfold across the Qatari capital of Doha.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2025
Fans shared several videos of Pascal’s antics at the famed festival, where the actor could be seen laughing and playfighting with Phoenix, 50, smiling with Stone, 36, and — as per usual — being the life of the party.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 May 2025
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“Festival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/festival. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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