entertainments

plural of entertainment

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Recent Examples of entertainments Among the New Wave of American filmmakers in the mid-’70s, Spielberg and his friend George Lucas stood out as directors with ambitions to make old-fashioned popular entertainments. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026 Often, producers of these entertainments answer that question through music. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 The park allow visitors to experience the movie stories; the movies remind you of the park rides; the whole reminds you of beloved childhood entertainments. — Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The party was a most enjoyable dance, typical of the charming informal entertainments for which the club is noted. — From Staff Reports, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Feb. 2026 Television, which greeted the new year with fresh entertainments of all shapes and sizes. — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026 There are other long-running holiday entertainments out there. — David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025 Music isn’t losing ground just to isolationist listening habits but also to the broader explosion of competing entertainments—on-demand TV and film, immersive gaming platforms, social media. — Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entertainments
Noun
  • Many travelers speed right by on their way to the flashy amusements of Kemah or Galveston’s sandy beaches.
    — Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 29 July 2026
  • Down a dark stairway is the murky world of Bronc’s Tack Room bar, a cavern with pool tables and the usual Stockyards amusements.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Previous Kith anniversaries have returned to the theme but with more diversions than are apparent in the pair shown by Fieg.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The world of things, bodies, texts and sensations as a plane or a web of connections and diversions, all of it on the signifying surface.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Inside, the kitchen, the emotional heart of the first film, was among the most meticulous recreations.
    — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The offerings there include a self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, an illustration of Pokémon, recreations of cave paintings in Lascaux, and sculptures of characters from Star Wars, the film franchise created by Lucas himself.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • These stages, often tucked away from the noise of the headliners, tend to be a trove of delights, giving up-and-comers a chance to play to the biggest crowds of their careers.
    — Stuart Heritage, Air Mail, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Here, the now-local shares the shoulder-season delights that keep her on-island year-round as well as her favorite hotel-slash-taverna for a warming meal and stay.
    — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Horror may now be respectable enough for its own sprawling exhibition at the Academy Museum, but Criterion’s October lineup proves there are still plenty of disreputable pleasures to be found.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The usual pleasures of reading about the courtroom—the vicarious thrill of being both detective and jury—give way to the slower burn of cultural analysis.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Guests are welcome to contribute to the fun by helping forage for ingredients.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Sieler added another at the end of the second quarter while edge Chop Robinson joined in on the fun in the third quarter.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Entertainments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entertainments. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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