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as in reveller
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as in orgy
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Recent Examples of bacchanal
In the bacchanal of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ triumph last October, Shohei Ohtani approached Andrew Friedman.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Far from the usual Sin City bacchanal, this soirée was a synergy of philanthropy and high-wattage performers, all in the service of bringing safe water to the world's most vulnerable communities.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—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
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Far from the usual Sin City bacchanal, this soirée was a synergy of philanthropy and high-wattage performers, all in the service of bringing safe water to the world's most vulnerable communities.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
Noun
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Nobody is drugged and no crazy orgy takes place.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And then the camera tilts up from the throng of sweaty revelers to reveal a canopy of brightly glowing embers.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Those seeking a more tranquil escape will uncover the other side of Ibiza in the spring and early fall, once the revelers have gone home and the clubs have entered their deep repose, recovering for the next party season.—
Jennifer Fernández Solano,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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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
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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Hamilton SantaCon & 1K Fun Run A 1K fun run at Marcum Park kicks off Hamilton's second annual SantaCon, where merrymakers dress as the jolly ole elf and frolic throughout the city's Dora district, spreading holiday cheer, joy and perhaps ending up with a lump of coal in the stocking.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
6 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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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 confrontation intensified as partygoers from a nearby house flooded into the street.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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