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diamond jubilee

British  

noun

  1. the celebration of a 60th, or occasionally 75th, anniversary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Times staff members selected the 75 greatest Lakers players as the club celebrates its diamond jubilee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022

The only other British monarch to celebrate a diamond jubilee was Queen Victoria, Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother, whose reign lasted 63 years and seven months before her death in 1901.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

An 8-metre steel crown celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee sits on a roundabout in the town.

From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2020

He also oversaw a Blue Peter competition to design the official emblem for the Queen's diamond jubilee in 2012.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2020

In the year 1897 a great diamond jubilee was held in England in honor of the completion of sixty years of rule by Queen Victoria.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger

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