Thesaurus results for FESTIVITIES

festivities

noun

plural of festivity

as in celebrations

a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something year-long festivities will mark the 300th anniversary of the city's founding

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Recent Examples of festivities For the actual Democrat Day festivities featuring party leaders, candidates and officeholders, Welch was a notable no-show. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Leu Gardens invites visitors for an enchanting evening of fairy festivities in a whimsical celebration at Orlando’s 50-acre botanical oasis. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The annual October convention, which now traditionally hosts festivities out of Manhattan’s Javits Center, turns 20 with its latest programming slate coming this fall. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 The theater has hosted a Jimmy Buffett concert, a high school graduation, an outdoor ice skating rink, and Fourth of July festivities, along with its nightly fare. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026 In 1999, network executives reconnected, inviting Rasmussen to the network’s 20th anniversary festivities. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day admitted that rivalry week for the Michigan game simply has too many distractions, and moving Senior Day festivities removes one of them. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Picking five from the hundreds of extraordinary machines shown during the 2026 festivities is necessarily subjective. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The festivities continued as the brides and a dozen friends went on a buddymoon through the French Riviera. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026

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Our team carried this place through COVID, packed patios, weddings, funerals, celebrations, and some really hard days.

— Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2026
Time lost through extended goal celebrations, red cards, penalties, substitutions, injuries requiring treatment and VAR checks is measured accurately by the fourth official and in the VAR room, with allowance made at the end of each half.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebrations

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Watts was also scheduled to perform at both the Shambala and Greenbelt festivals in Northamptonshire, England, this week, but his name has since been wiped from their websites.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026
Rather than approaching films through festivals, streaming platforms, or theatrical circuits, Arbelos chose to think in decades rather than release windows.

— José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026

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