the Olympics
noun
: a series of international athletic contests held in a different country once every four years
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In both circumstances, the gymnast took a break during the year following the Olympics.
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The group is meant to centralize all the various planning operations that will need to work in sync to make a massive event like the Olympics go smoothly.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Since then, anti-ICE protesters — and even some in the media — have urged officials to cancel the Olympics outright due to the raids.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
But there were exemptions for athletes participating in the World Cup, the Olympics, or other major sporting events as determined by the secretary of state.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 2 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The group is meant to centralize all the various planning operations that will need to work in sync to make a massive event like the Olympics go smoothly.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Since then, anti-ICE protesters — and even some in the media — have urged officials to cancel the Olympics outright due to the raids.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
But there were exemptions for athletes participating in the World Cup, the Olympics, or other major sporting events as determined by the secretary of state.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 2 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Olympics
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“The Olympics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Olympics. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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