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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
Last fall he was feted at a gala dinner held by Jewish Federation Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, where he was honored for his commitment to the Jewish community in the face of historical rates of antisemitism.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
She will be feted alongside the Emerging Talent Awardee, Italian filmmaker Margherita Spampinato, during the official Women In Motion Awards ceremony on May 17.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Finally, King Charles, 78, and Queen Camilla, 79, will be feted by a state dinner at the White House.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Longtime sports media and entertainment executive Steve Bornstein will be feted during the Sports Emmys on May 26, Emmy-winning ABC News journalist Martha Raddatz is the News Emmys honoree on May 27, and Emmy-winning documentarian Sam Pollard will receive the Documentary Emmys prize on May 28.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
The opposition leader drew a huge crowd in the Spanish capital’s Puerta del Sol, standing beside Madrid’s conservative regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, one of Sánchez’s loudest critics who feted her earlier in the day.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
In a whirlwind stretch where the Bruins were feted from coast to coast, the good times hit their peak at the draft, where the best team this season took its place among the best of all time.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
In the documentary, Wambach was asked about being feted on the same stage as the two men’s sports legends.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
At the same time, head coach Ben Johnson and Williams are being feted as maybe the league’s next great coach-QB combo.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
She will be feted alongside the Emerging Talent Awardee, Italian filmmaker Margherita Spampinato, during the official Women In Motion Awards ceremony on May 17.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Finally, King Charles, 78, and Queen Camilla, 79, will be feted by a state dinner at the White House.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Longtime sports media and entertainment executive Steve Bornstein will be feted during the Sports Emmys on May 26, Emmy-winning ABC News journalist Martha Raddatz is the News Emmys honoree on May 27, and Emmy-winning documentarian Sam Pollard will receive the Documentary Emmys prize on May 28.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
The opposition leader drew a huge crowd in the Spanish capital’s Puerta del Sol, standing beside Madrid’s conservative regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, one of Sánchez’s loudest critics who feted her earlier in the day.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
In a whirlwind stretch where the Bruins were feted from coast to coast, the good times hit their peak at the draft, where the best team this season took its place among the best of all time.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
In the documentary, Wambach was asked about being feted on the same stage as the two men’s sports legends.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
At the same time, head coach Ben Johnson and Williams are being feted as maybe the league’s next great coach-QB combo.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feted
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Maurice and Jammy Davies honored their daughter Chelsea’s wishes and donated her liver to a Connecticut man named Patrick.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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The students were honored at a pep rally Friday and will be treated to a lunch field trip next week at a restaurant of their choosing.—
Sophie Bates,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Armenia was reliant on its close alliance with Russia for the first three decades of its existence, ensuring its protection against Azerbaijani attempts to take Nagorno-Karabakh, which was internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but under the de facto control of Armenia.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
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Steven Hager, writing in the Village Voice, in 1982, gave the burgeoning scene in the Bronx the reportorial treatment, widely recognized as the first major newspaper acknowledgment of the turntable innovation that was happening uptown.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Feted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feted. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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