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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Recent Examples of jubilee In April 1875, Jeans was commissioned by the directors of the North Eastern Railway, owners of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, to write a book celebrating the line’s jubilee in September of the same year. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 Feadship is marking its diamond jubilee with a new marine gem. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024 Ladies chorus seeking new members The Lake County Ladies Chorus, which recently celebrated its platinum jubilee, welcomes new members and will begin practicing for its upcoming concert season at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 5 at GraceWay Church, corner of Radio Road and Morningside Drive, Leesburg. Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024 The occasion is a slightly random jubilee: the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of Friedrich’s birth. Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024 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 12 Mar. 2025.

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