as in celebration
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
the town is planning a year-long jubilee in celebration of its founding 200 years ago
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As such, approximately 32 million are expected to travel to the Vatican this year as part of a pilgrimage in honor of jubilee.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
In Mobile, a port city on Alabama’s coast, residents’ initial jubilee about the snow morphed into concern about travel, as many roads have been deemed impassable.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
There’s the contest itself, the Big Game, and then there’s the week leading up to it, a jubilee of parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex and a bucket-list indulgence for fans who can spare the time and the expense.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Whenever a burning is advertised to take place, the railroads run excursions, photographs are taken, and the same jubilee is indulged in that characterized the public hangings of one hundred years ago.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
In Mobile, a port city on Alabama’s coast, residents’ initial jubilee about the snow morphed into concern about travel, as many roads have been deemed impassable.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
There’s the contest itself, the Big Game, and then there’s the week leading up to it, a jubilee of parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex and a bucket-list indulgence for fans who can spare the time and the expense.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Whenever a burning is advertised to take place, the railroads run excursions, photographs are taken, and the same jubilee is indulged in that characterized the public hangings of one hundred years ago.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jubilee
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“Jubilee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jubilee. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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