Olympic Games
plural noun
1
: an ancient Panhellenic festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor's prize a crown of wild olive
2
: a modified revival of the ancient Olympic Games consisting of international athletic contests that are held at separate winter and summer gatherings at four year intervals
called also
Olym*pics\
ə-ˈlim-piks 
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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for LA28 LA28 officials announced Wednesday that ticket sales for the 2028 Olympic Games will begin in January 2026, and in 2027 for the Paralympic Games, which will be the first such Games for Los Angeles.
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Courtesy of Ouael Ben Salah/Unsplash When are the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games?
—Tiana Attride, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
But despite their different career paths, the couple had gradually become regarded as one of the most endearing celeb couples—especially as White competed in his last Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Back when Foster was winning medals for Great Britain as a long-distance runner — gold in the 1974 European Championships, bronze in the 1976 Olympic Games, gold at the 1978 Commonwealth Games — the streets were not clogged with joggers, which is strange to think of now.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Courtesy of Ouael Ben Salah/Unsplash When are the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games?
—Tiana Attride, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
But despite their different career paths, the couple had gradually become regarded as one of the most endearing celeb couples—especially as White competed in his last Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Back when Foster was winning medals for Great Britain as a long-distance runner — gold in the 1974 European Championships, bronze in the 1976 Olympic Games, gold at the 1978 Commonwealth Games — the streets were not clogged with joggers, which is strange to think of now.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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