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as in reveller
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as in orgy
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Recent Examples of bacchanal
As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
By now, the regular fans, who, although not quite working stiffs, were obliged to recognize the traditional boundary between week and weekend, were arriving in New Orleans, and the proceedings were morphing from a corporate convention and media event into a mass happening and citywide bacchanal.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
By now, the regular fans, who, although not quite working stiffs, were obliged to recognize the traditional boundary between week and weekend, were arriving in New Orleans, and the proceedings were morphing from a corporate convention and media event into a mass happening and citywide bacchanal.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
Noun
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But Clay’s psychosexual and personal freefall does not land him at a Long Island orgy for the super rich.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s the contest itself, the Big Game, and then there’s the week leading up to it, a jubilee of parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex and a bucket-list indulgence for fans who can spare the time and the expense.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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And one of the things that is most enticing for a lot of revelers is the fire jump rope.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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That's an hour-and-a-half earlier than past years as politicians and parade organizers attempt to prevent bad behavior from revelers.—
Lorraine Taylor,
Fox News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Being a yapper and a party animal isn’t your usual, but right now is the time to loosen up and enjoy the magic of interconnectedness.—
Nina Kahn,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the sartorial outerwear and tailored pieces it is known for, the in-house brand of Italian manufacturing company Castor put a stronger focus on nighttime via sensual options targeting those who might be a different kind of party animal: understated yet elegant.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, was awarded at a gala performance on March 23 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall and featured some of the biggest names in comedy, including David Letterman, Sarah Silverman, and John Mulaney who celebrated O’Brien.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Some festival activities include a Maryland Horse Farm Tour, the Governor’s Open Golf Tournament at Baltimore Country Club, a downtown concert and a fundraising gala in Annapolis to support community initiatives.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s.—
Ron Charles,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2023
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According to the study, led by Shevach Friedler and published in Fertility and Sterility, a medical merrymaker visited the fertility clinic regularly for a year.—
Patrick Morgan,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2011
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The partygoers gasped and laughed as Tarek paddled to the edge of the pool’ while Christina and Heather hugged each other on the sidelines.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The result was a poolside video in which the partygoers are layered up for a cold, windy day.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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