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state fair en · NOUN

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1. (US) An annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. state's population, usually held in late summer or early fall.
   • Once a year, around the time of the harvest, every state in the U.S.A. holds a state fair. If you have ever been to a state fair, you know that there are many different things to see and do. 2004, Becky Radtke, At the State Fair Coloring Book, Courier Corporation, →ISBN:
   • When summer ended—when the State Fair closed and the heat broke, when the last green hop vines had been torn down along the H Street road and the tule fog began rising off the low ground at night—[…] 1968, Joan Didion, “Notes from a Native Daughter”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
   • Olga Robak, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Agriculture, which oversees the state fair, said Mr. Allen had adequately disclosed Midjourney’s involvement when submitting his piece; the category’s rules allow any “artistic practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. 2022 September 2, Kevin Roose, “An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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