Sports Events And Competitions

noun a competitive event in which cowboys display their skills in various activities such as bronco riding, calf roping, and bull riding

• The annual rodeo event in town attracts thousands of spectators.
• I heard there's gonna be a rodeo this weekend, wanna go check it out?
• That cowboy at the rodeo was a real buckaroo!
• Navigating through that busy market felt like being in a rodeo.

verb to give official permission or approval for something

adjective officially approved or authorized

• The government sanctioned the new policy to regulate environmental protection.
• The principal sanctioned the use of the gym for the student dance.
• The crew was sanctioned to throw a party at the abandoned warehouse.
• The artist's bold choice of colors was sanctioned by art critics as groundbreaking.