Thesaurus results for CEREMONY

ceremony

noun

ˈser-ə-ˌmō-nē

as in ritual

an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules a beautiful, old-fashioned wedding ceremony

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Recent Examples of ceremony Google donated $1 million to Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, and its CEO, Sundar Pichai, was in attendance at the ceremony. —

Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 Snoop Dogg His monologue poking fun at NFL players at the NFL Honors ceremony was Oscar-worthy in its lameness. —

Paul Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025 Many of the presenters on the list have won Oscars themselves: Berry, Cruz, Goldberg, Downey, Murphy, Randolph and Stone (the latter four won each acting category at last year’s ceremony). —

Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025 The awards ceremony has taken place at the theater, previously known as the Kodak Theatre, located inside the Ovation Hollywood shopping center, since 2001, according to the venue's website. —

Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ceremony

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Noun

These rituals will, of course, serve her well with the upcoming tour and music video drops, too.

— Akili King, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
When the Western military left, islanders created makeshift imitations of the infrastructure — control towers built from bamboo, a plane carved from wood — in the hope that this ritual would cause more cargo to arrive.

— Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025