1
: a festive celebration
especially
: a public entertainment marking a special occasion
2
capitalized
: a medium-sized apple with crisp yellowish-white sweet flesh and a red skin or a golden skin with red striping
gala
adjective
Examples of gala in a Sentence
a grand gala celebrating the town's centennial
attended the gala celebrating the reopening of the museum
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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.
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Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
Panico has been a member of FGI’s board of directors for the past five years and served as the co-chair of its 2024 Night of Stars gala.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
There is more excitement coming for the Triton, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a gala on May 3.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
At the end of the gala, Elger gathered Ducasse and prominent chefs Yannick Alléno, Mauro Colagreco, Cédric Grolet and Marcel Ravin, who all studied under Ducasse, to the stage.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025
Panico has been a member of FGI’s board of directors for the past five years and served as the co-chair of its 2024 Night of Stars gala.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
There is more excitement coming for the Triton, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a gala on May 3.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
At the end of the gala, Elger gathered Ducasse and prominent chefs Yannick Alléno, Mauro Colagreco, Cédric Grolet and Marcel Ravin, who all studied under Ducasse, to the stage.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Gala.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gala. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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