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
  • These lavish retreats provided an escape from the city and the summer heat, a place for diversions like hunting and horseback riding, and enough land to build grand showpiece palaces and gardens.
    Rick Steves, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond the gates, the island offers a wealth of diversions, from golf at Apes Hill to trackside seats at the Sandy Lane Gold Cup.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • All the entries are highly personal, bracingly creative and audaciously inventive recreations of immortal standards familiar throughout the world.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The ad certainly succeeded in catching the eye of moviegoers and has remained part of the chain’s preview reel in addition to inspiring memes, Halloween costumes, and plenty of recreations.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • To make room for seasonal culinary delights, Casey loves hanging floral arrangements above the dining space.
    Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Here again, in this slim book, the narrative unfolds in fragments, every sentence drawing you deeper into the delights of language.
    Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • From the late 1990s on, Parton recognized that her hitmaking days were behind her, and frequently returned to songs and sounds associated with the pleasures and hardships of her mountain youth.
    Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
  • That inspired her blazing recent mixtape, Eternal, which traffics in big beats, exclamatory vocals, and thoughtful lyrics about the pleasures of being in a moveable, danceable body.
    Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Paranormal Activity understands just how much fun that can be, crafting a story so suspenseful, so surprising and so startling that the audience’s screams become a soundtrack all their own.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a fun bit when Green pulls her badge to walk Reacher out through the police cordon, pretending to have placed him under arrest, but the ruse doesn’t last long.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Entertainments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entertainments. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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