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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

When Queen Victoria celebrated her diamond jubilee in 1897, it marked the apex of British power on the world stage.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

The Queen has visited the set of Coronation Street to help celebrate the soap's diamond jubilee.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2021

It would have been a splendid way of commemorating the "diamond jubilee" if a scouring had been organised in 1897.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur

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