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Bricker pursued her own accomplishments as an acrobat and aerialist, including touring as a featured act on Britney Spears' World Tour and a selection into the Gallery of Legends Hall of Fame by the World Acrobatic Society.
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
They’re designed with an ultra-stretchy material, a high-waist elastic waistband, and side pockets that have earned seals of approval from Zumba instructors, skateboarders, and aerialists.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
An aerialist is suspended inside a tight stocking-like net that resembles a cocoon.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
Pilgrimage is a family-friendly event that has a special area called the Franklin Fun Farm dedicated to the kiddos featuring local youth bands, aerialists and other entertainers.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2024
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
They’re designed with an ultra-stretchy material, a high-waist elastic waistband, and side pockets that have earned seals of approval from Zumba instructors, skateboarders, and aerialists.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
An aerialist is suspended inside a tight stocking-like net that resembles a cocoon.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
Pilgrimage is a family-friendly event that has a special area called the Franklin Fun Farm dedicated to the kiddos featuring local youth bands, aerialists and other entertainers.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerialist
contortionist
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With a programmable rain curtain that can create patterns and images using water droplets, as well as a pool on stage, water is a central theme and a key part of the family-friendly extravaganza featuring Cyr Wheel artists, an aerialist, a contortionist, a juggler and football (soccer) freestylers.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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So, cue the aerialists, contortionists, acrobats (two on roller-skates, and no wife has ever trusted a husband more), a sand artist, a speed juggler and a dude who surfs on an ever-growing stack of rolling cylinders.—
David Dickstein,
Orange County Register,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Aerialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerialist. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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