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jam session

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as in sing

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Recent Examples of jam session The extended jam sessions — of which there were plenty — are Clariday’s favorite parts of seeing the band live. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026 On August 27, 1965, the Perugia Way house was the site of the King’s historic meeting with The Beatles, which included a jam session with the King and the Fab Four. — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026 Years past his music stardom, Rick now fronts a wedding band and enjoys a fruitful jam session with a former boy bander (Nick Jonas) going solo. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 June 2026 The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for jam session

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Wednesday evening’s Office Hours, a weekly jazz jam hosted at Vine Street Brewing, has turned a typically slow night in the service industry into one of their busiest nights of the week.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Order one with jam and butter, or go savory and get a biscuit topped with vegetarian gravy or stuffed with bacon, lettuce and tomato.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

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As with other global cultural events, such as the Venice Biennale currently underway in Italy, the glittery annual songfest is intended as a display of goodwill and togetherness between nations.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 16 May 2026
The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.

— Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 29 May 2018

Definition of songfest

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For the first year, the winner of the Platform Award that TIFF gives is instantly eligible for the Oscar International Film Award, no need for the film to be submitted by its home country—one of only six film festivals that offer this opportunity.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026
Outside, the sun was shining brightly, a crowd had gathered, and even Carmen Machi (who received the National Film Award at this festival) was peering out from the hotel’s rooftop.

— Amaia Odriozola, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026

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