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as in reveller
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as in orgy
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Recent Examples of bacchanal
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
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Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As Dorian’s life becomes an incessant bacchanal, Snook spends much of her time mugging and narrating directly into a smartphone screen, which is seamlessly projected onto a wall behind her.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
In the bacchanal of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ triumph last October, Shohei Ohtani approached Andrew Friedman.
—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
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Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As Dorian’s life becomes an incessant bacchanal, Snook spends much of her time mugging and narrating directly into a smartphone screen, which is seamlessly projected onto a wall behind her.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
In the bacchanal of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ triumph last October, Shohei Ohtani approached Andrew Friedman.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
Noun
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There are sections on orgies and masturbation and voyeurism and how to behave in a porno theater.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 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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Portraits of Spielberg, Grandin, Harjo and Dimon will be commissioned or acquired by the gallery in anticipation of the award gala on November 15, 2025.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Invitations are typically limited to elite figures in the worlds of fashion and entertainment, and are approved by Anna Wintour, who has overseen the gala since 1995.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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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
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However, their shindig is turned upside down with the appearance of Irish vampire Remmick (Jack O’Connell) who attacks the partygoers, turning them into new bloodsuckers and adding to his army.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Her transformation comes from a seemingly innocent (in her eyes) conversation when white partygoers try to enter Stack’s bar.—
Melanie Curry,
Refinery29,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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