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festival

noun

Definition of festival

as in celebration

a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something tourists flock to the town for its annual strawberry festival

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Recent Examples of festival Later this year, Olivia Rodrigo will perform at the inaugural edition of her new all-female music festival Daisy Chain Fields. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 In 2021, he was awarded the Academy Museum’s honorary Vantage Award, and following the screenings in Berlin, the festival handed Gerima its honorary Berlinale Camera award for career achievement. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026 After gunfire erupted at the popular Bite of Seattle food festival last weekend, those same people are helping to organize his funeral. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026 The downpours caused pooling throughout Grant Park where the festival is held. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for festival

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Trump has managed to bring up grass at events as varied as the signing of an executive order on TikTok and the 2025 White House celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The community came together Wednesday to wish the young talent good luck at a send-off celebration and pizza party.

— Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebration

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Saturday’s festivities will include crafts, story time, a scavenger hunt and the chance to see hundreds of fish in their colorful new environment for the first time in months.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
The festivities started in 1841, and today’s visitors enjoy some of the same activities, like animal exhibitions and farm product demonstrations.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of festivity

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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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