diamond jubilee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
For her diamond jubilee, the 83-year-old Tharp has remounted a major Beethoven work, “Diabelli,” from 1998, and created a major new Glass dance, “Slacktide,” of which UC Santa Barbara was a co-commissioner.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025
He said the restoration of a Wemyss Ware piece made for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee was "fantastic".
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2022
It yielded a 650-carat diamond, among the world’s largest, that was acquired by British merchants and from which was cut the jubilee diamond, named in honor of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II was the last royal to do so, on the occasion of her diamond jubilee, celebrating 60 years on the throne, in 2012.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022
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 Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
