fest
Americannoun
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fests
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fest
< German Fest festival, holiday ( see feast), as in Sängerfest choral festival
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It also just happened to turn into a cross-cultural love fest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It just happened to turn into a cross-cultural love fest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The fest was slated to have headline sets by the Killers and Olivia Dean, along with Khruangbin, Sublime, Jack White and many others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Given that the fest is steps from the E Line, and in the middle of Santa Monica’s world-class bike infrastructure, there will be no dedicated on-site parking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
An hour later, after an insanely decadent ice-cream fest, we arrive home and I see Mackenzie’s balloon right away as we pull onto the street.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
The lame-duck status and eventual departure of Colbert from late night in May presents an opportunity for “Tonight” to gain viewers who are still in the habit of watching the desk-and-sofa fests at 11:35 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Within a year, she went from a semi-anonymous bedroom act to performing at big fests like Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Now one of Seattle’s premier club fests, Freakout was born over a decade ago, at backyard house parties designed to provide Guy Keltner’s friends better gigs when their bands came to Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Springer's daily fight fests soon matched "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in popularity.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
As a matter of fact, the monthly meetings were nothing but "bull fests," or as one cynical member put it, "We wear a gold helmet on our sweaters and chew the fat once a month."
From The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
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