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or fêting
as in honoring
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 feting
The event is feting Tom Quinn, founder and CEO of distribution and production house Neon, with its Game Changer Award.
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Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
In feting Leguizamo, Tony Award-winning musicians from Broadway’s Buena Vista Social Club will perform.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
In feting Leguizamo, Tony Award-winning musicians from Broadway’s Buena Vista Social Club will perform.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feting
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Earlier this month a resolution honoring Kirk's legacy passed the House, with unanimous support from Arizona's delegation.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester on Thursday opened a memorial exhibit honoring Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist who was assassinated earlier this month, on the second floor rotunda in the state Capitol building.—
Ella McCarthy,
Arkansas Online,
25 Sep. 2025
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A number of high profile soccer and NFL stars have expressed their enthusiasm for chess, with several athletes from across a variety of sports crediting it with helping their own profession.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Irwin politely refused to accept Tonioli and Hough's adulations, crediting it all to his partner.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the emerging global consensus is that recognizing Palestinian statehood is the antidote to Hamas’ existence.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Von Ahn’s remaining tips included using the Duolingo app regularly to understand the product and recognizing that career success requires both luck and persistence.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Feting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feting. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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