telethon

noun

tele·thon ˈte-lə-ˌthän

: a long television program usually to solicit funds especially for a charity

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Full House Dance 33 Years Later Complete with Outfit To illustrate her point, Barber noted that her own character offered a unique skill for the telethon: a unicycle routine. —

Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024 The Motion Picture Television Fund telethon Lights, Camera, Take Action! —

Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024 During a 2012 Stand Up to Cancer telethon, Swift performed the heartbreaking song. —

Bryan West, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024 Tomorrow, September 17, at 8 EST, a wide array of musicians, from Moby, The Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne and Bootsy Collins to Roseanne Cash, Sheila E and Mickey Guyton will pool their collective talents into a two-hour plus streaming telethon called Musicians for Kamala. —

Steve Baltin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telethon