as in celebration
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
attended the gala celebrating the reopening of the museum
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The pic stars Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum and follows tech billionaire Slater King, who meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
The night before his accident, Abbott and his wife had attended a lavish gala hosted by his law firm.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Queen Mary of Denmark and her husband, King Frederik X, were welcomed by president of Finland Alexander Stubb and his spouse, Suzanne Innes-Stubb, at a gala dinner held at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday.
—Renan Botelho, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
For our spring style issue, style editor Naomi Rougeau hopped a plane to Mumbai to report her profile of designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee amid his spectacular 25th-anniversary gala.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
The night before his accident, Abbott and his wife had attended a lavish gala hosted by his law firm.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Queen Mary of Denmark and her husband, King Frederik X, were welcomed by president of Finland Alexander Stubb and his spouse, Suzanne Innes-Stubb, at a gala dinner held at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday.
—Renan Botelho, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
For our spring style issue, style editor Naomi Rougeau hopped a plane to Mumbai to report her profile of designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee amid his spectacular 25th-anniversary gala.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Gala.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gala. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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