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or fêted
as in honored
to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration
the returning servicemen and servicewomen were feted with a week's worth of celebrations
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Recent Examples of feted
Flanked by some of the most powerful and prominent Jews in entertainment — including clients like sitcom creators Chuck Lorre and Steven Levitan — United Talent Agency vice chairman Jay Sures was feted Thursday at a gala dinner held by Jewish Federation Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The ballroom donors were feted at a White House dinner last week.
—Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The Netpac jury also feted Deming Chen’s Always with Best Asian Documentary.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Keaton, who was nominated for four Oscars in total, was frequently feted for her performances.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Suddenly she was feted in England.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
They were feted by performances from Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell and Hayes Carll, respectively.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2025
A number of the artists, including Springsteen, Jelly Roll, Wilson, Jason Isbell and The War & Treaty, helped honor Jon Bon Jovi when he was feted as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2024.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The ballroom donors were feted at a White House dinner last week.
—Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The Netpac jury also feted Deming Chen’s Always with Best Asian Documentary.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Keaton, who was nominated for four Oscars in total, was frequently feted for her performances.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Suddenly she was feted in England.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
They were feted by performances from Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell and Hayes Carll, respectively.
—Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2025
A number of the artists, including Springsteen, Jelly Roll, Wilson, Jason Isbell and The War & Treaty, helped honor Jon Bon Jovi when he was feted as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2024.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feted
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In 2024, he was honored with the Mobo Pioneer award for his significant contribution to British Black culture.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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All original tickets will be honored for the new dates.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hobert was credited as co-executive producer, executive producer and consulting producer on the original series, while Batra served as story editor, executive story editor and co-producer.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Wyle credited the program with creating The Pitt’s sense of authenticity and realism.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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His work resulted in 12 Sports Emmy Awards on 20 nominations for his work on the Olympics and World Cups, as well as being recognized with an Engineering Emmy for innovation for the 1996 Olympics.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hours after being asked, management at the non-profit voluntarily recognized the union.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Feted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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