Thesaurus results for CELEBRATION

celebration

noun

Definition of celebration

as in festival

a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something a celebration of the company's 100th anniversary

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Recent Examples of celebration In Barranquilla, an exclusive celebration at the embarkation point channels the city’s carnival, a convergence of African, Indigenous, and Spanish traditions brought to life through cumbia, mapalé, and color on every departure, year-round. — Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026 Last April, Phuwin appeared in a Loewe campaign based on Songkran, the Thai New Year’s celebration that has been likened to a nationwide water fight, though its rituals are meant to symbolize cleansing, reverence and good fortune. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 Construction at the Palermo Chico space is set to begin right after the 25th anniversary celebrations in September, with the new galleries scheduled to open in 2029. — Mercedes Ezquiaga, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Sheets of plastic had been place in the Great American Ball Park visiting clubhouse since the day before, attached to the ceiling with binder clips and folded up above the lockers, ready to be unfurled after the game for the Dodgers’ celebration. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 The celebration continued with an after-party high atop Manhattan in the Rainbow Room. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images Several other events are scheduled for the 11-day celebration. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Read more about this year’s celebration in this edition of the 44 percent. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 The traditional Capitol celebration of Mexican Independence Day returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday as hundreds of people turned out to mark the event. — Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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Standing with a bike near the festival was Frantz Jerome, 65.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Based on the 2021 short of the same name, whose festival run included New Directors/New Films, it’s produced by microFILM, 2Pilots Filmproduction, Frakas Prods.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of festival

Noun

Spain will host a gran fiesta for its winning team on the streets of Madrid.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 July 2026
The Carnaval de Guaranda, for instance, takes inspiration from a rowdy annual fiesta held in the Bolivar Province and is made with vodka, hops, figs, white truffle, turmeric, and a local moonshine called pájaro azul.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

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