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- noun Plural form of
jubilee .
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Examples
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As British journalist Andrew Marr writes in his new book, Diamond Queen, "the jubilees are an invented tradition, which allow the monarchy to dominate the crowded news agenda of a busy country."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ELIZABETH RENZETTI 2012
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God sends these times to the world and to men as 'jubilees' in which all who have lost an estate, be it of a calling or a social position, may regain it or win a new one.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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In some areas, low-oxygen pockets have caused so-called "jubilees" where blue crabs haul themselves suddenly out of suffocating water.
Thestar.com - Home Page Darryl Fears 2011
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Other studies indicate that severely low oxygen levels in early July contributed to "jubilees"
unknown title 2009
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Held at the company's swank headquarters, the jubilees were equal parts circus and revival meeting, with themes like the Gold Rush-style "big dig" in 1954.
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“They are saluted with shots they never expected, and it is not orations or music that remind one of jubilees but moans and screams.”
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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What he is said to have disliked were jubilees, which to him were "the beginning of an end."
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It is great to see so many jubilees being celebrated.
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He viciously destroyed the city of Palestrina and was threatened with hell by Dante; but he was also the pope who orchestrated the jubilee celebrations of the year 1300, starting the fashion for jubilees ever after.
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Seven Presentation Sisters to celebrate 50th jubilees Saturday
Seven Presentation Sisters to celebrate 50th jubilees Saturday 2006
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