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as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a feast at a fancy banquet hall with their closest friends and family.
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as in joy
a source of great satisfaction
the colorful Mardi Gras parade is a feast for the senses
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as in abundance
an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs
on the Internet there's a feast of information about this medical condition
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as in to delight
to give satisfaction to
feast your eyes on all the fresh flowers at the farmers' market
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Recent Examples of feast
The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026
Sunday fell on the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day, which often features processions of faithful through towns and cities led by a priest carrying the Eucharist.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
Going into Tuesday’s game, the Diamondbacks had feasted on left-handed pitching.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Noun
The city is also home to the country’s oldest and biggest Chinatown, for decades the setting of prodigious dumpling and noodle feasts.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026
Sunday fell on the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day, which often features processions of faithful through towns and cities led by a priest carrying the Eucharist.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Verb
Female screwworms lay hundreds of eggs in the wounds and openings of warm-blooded creatures, allowing their larvae to feast on the living animals, causing deep, festering, life-threatening wounds.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
Going into Tuesday’s game, the Diamondbacks had feasted on left-handed pitching.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feast
Noun
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Those add-ons ranged from dinner with Siwa for $150 to a movie and pizza night in her suite for $1,250.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Jin Lin Chinese restaurant on the third floor opens for lunch and dinner with a Cantonese menu.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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New York City exploded with joy on Saturday night, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA finals.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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The New York Knicks clinched their first NBA title in over five decades over the weekend, turning a city known for its sharp elbows, grit, and tough love into a bastion of joy, painting smiles on fans and casual observers alike as cheers rang through the New York City streets and beyond.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Also flying is the Lunar Trailblazer, a mission selected under NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program, a small satellite designed to provide an understanding of the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the moon, as well as the lunar water cycle.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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With performers like Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way, and Erika Alexander, there will always be jokes in abundance.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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One morning earlier this week, Thomas Lupo, the president and CEO of the American Wood Column Corporation, was in his office regaling two young entrepreneurs with tales of his 110-year-old family business.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
12 June 2026
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Including that of a fellow soldier who'd regale them with his harrowing combat stories involving delivering them meals.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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Iran responded in the 64th minute with Rezaeian’s cross headed home by Mohammad Mohebi, tying the score and delighting fans.—
Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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At midnight, instead of the traditional pamidorov dzvadzegh, or tomato omelet, for guests who want to sober up after too many vodka shots, food trucks line up in front of the banquet hall serving pizza, burgers and ice cream.—
Ani Duzdabanyan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The Seattle Seahawks unveiled their Super Bowl LX rings during a private team ceremony Thursday night, lowering the jewelry from the ceiling to players seated at banquet tables to reveal an elegant design that also celebrates the team’s 50th season.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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The fifth annual LCCAs will air on June 17 on Peacock and Bravo, and fans are in for a treat.—
Emma Urdangen,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Fill each compartment with an assortment of fruit, nuts and other treats and place it in the refrigerator.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Advocates have criticized Newsom’s proposal to reinstate the $2,000 asset limit, citing the state’s affordability crisis and the fact that wealth limits for Medicaid recipients have not been adjusted for inflation since they were originally introduced at the federal level in 1989.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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While Wall Street executives have beat a trail to the UAE capital since the onset of the war, Silicon Valley leaders — who have been a major beneficiary of Gulf sovereign wealth funds’ largesse — have been less demonstrative.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
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“Feast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feast. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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