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as in rules
an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing
the town tradition of having the oldest resident ride at the head of the parade
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as in mythologies
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
according to tradition, this field was the site of a skirmish between the first settlers and the Native Americans living in the area
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Recent Examples of traditions
The project is designed to make Indian classical traditions accessible to contemporary digital audiences.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 May 2026
Instead of honoring commencement traditions, NYU is giving into fear of spontaneity and eliminating opportunities for courage and risk-taking.
—Aileen Favilla, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
From Wednesday to May 20, the storied hotel’s Lumen Garden space will host the Neapolitan pizzeria to pay tribute to both Naples’ and Rome’s culinary traditions.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Nawi‘s father is entrenched in tribal traditions, while her three mothers are limited by their traditional roles.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
And, around the world, alcohol is embedded in different cultures in a variety of different ways, which cannot be reduced into a single technical framework—from Japanese sake traditions to Polish vodka customs to Brazilian beer culture.
—Justin Kissinger, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Some of Will and Kate's Instagram followers picked up on the polish, praising the parents for allowing their daughter to buck unspoken traditions that call for muted, demure nails.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 May 2026
Off the field, the players live together, sing songs in their native tongues and cover their bodies in war paint to keep traditions alive.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
The Chinese government has detained more than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs since at least 2017, stripping them of their traditions, cultures and languages.
—Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 May 2026
Instead of honoring commencement traditions, NYU is giving into fear of spontaneity and eliminating opportunities for courage and risk-taking.
—Aileen Favilla, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
From Wednesday to May 20, the storied hotel’s Lumen Garden space will host the Neapolitan pizzeria to pay tribute to both Naples’ and Rome’s culinary traditions.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Nawi‘s father is entrenched in tribal traditions, while her three mothers are limited by their traditional roles.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
And, around the world, alcohol is embedded in different cultures in a variety of different ways, which cannot be reduced into a single technical framework—from Japanese sake traditions to Polish vodka customs to Brazilian beer culture.
—Justin Kissinger, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Some of Will and Kate's Instagram followers picked up on the polish, praising the parents for allowing their daughter to buck unspoken traditions that call for muted, demure nails.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 May 2026
Off the field, the players live together, sing songs in their native tongues and cover their bodies in war paint to keep traditions alive.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
The Chinese government has detained more than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs since at least 2017, stripping them of their traditions, cultures and languages.
—Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traditions
Noun
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The vast majority are honorable and conform their actions to the rules.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Portofino, on Italy's other coast, added new rules to manage the behavior of those already there.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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His works are also challenging to date precisely, due in part to his displacement and transpacific migration, and the Spencer show reflects this by abandoning a chronological framework in favor of a thematic exploration of his own mythologies.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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From the beginning, this project set out to interrogate the mythologies surrounding artificial intelligence and to make visible the human choices embedded within these systems.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Pichai carries strong values into his work—economic uplift, compassion for migrants—and says his quest is to build useful things for as many people as possible.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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And his values had been incubated in an earlier era.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The senators on that bill say their proposal is to offset the cost of the ballroom by using customs fees.—
Steven Portnoy,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
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Inspections by French customs of 320,000 Shein parcels at Charles de Gaulle Airport later found a 25 percent non-compliance rate, triggering a judicial push by the French government to suspend the platform for three months.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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The channel is being developed through the company’s Historyverse creative unit, which is shaping the editorial approach across a slate that spans historical narratives, legends and philosophical storytelling.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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She was joined onstage by local legends Caetano Veloso, a tropicália pioneer, and his sister Maria Bethânia, one of the best-selling artists in Brazilian history.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
3 May 2026
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