ˌfest
as in festival
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
a country music fest
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Jiang serves as the head of the main competition jury at the Beijing fest, which will hand out its Tiantan Awards on Saturday evening.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Chase Sapphire Reserve and Preferred cardholders can also get one-hour early entry access to the over-the-top food fest.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
The two-day fest will feature sets from artists including 2Hollis, Michael Bibi, Peggy Gou, Darkside, Barry Can’t Swim, Indira Paganotto, Nina Kraviz, Sean Paul, Anotr, Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, Denzel Curry, L’Imperatrice, Mk.Gee and Turnstile.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
Students can screen their films to a wider audience and biz pros in the annual Miloš Forman / Mike Hausman Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) and enter the fest’s screenplay competition.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Chase Sapphire Reserve and Preferred cardholders can also get one-hour early entry access to the over-the-top food fest.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
The two-day fest will feature sets from artists including 2Hollis, Michael Bibi, Peggy Gou, Darkside, Barry Can’t Swim, Indira Paganotto, Nina Kraviz, Sean Paul, Anotr, Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, Denzel Curry, L’Imperatrice, Mk.Gee and Turnstile.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
Students can screen their films to a wider audience and biz pros in the annual Miloš Forman / Mike Hausman Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) and enter the fest’s screenplay competition.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fest
festival
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The festival will unfold across the Qatari capital of Doha.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Fans shared several videos of Pascal’s antics at the famed festival, where the actor could be seen laughing and playfighting with Phoenix, 50, smiling with Stone, 36, and — as per usual — being the life of the party.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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“Fest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fest. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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