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a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes
a cavalcade presenting major events in the town's history
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Recent Examples of cavalcade
Groups of Irish setters and their owners ambled up Fifth Avenue, along with a cavalcade of classic cars, vintage fire trucks and a Depression-era San Diego police paddy wagon.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
The first week of spring training can often evolve into a cavalcade of health and wellness checks.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
The idea of a parade was borrowed from American traditions with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and military cavalcades as cultural cornerstones.
—Ko Lyn Cheang, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
The first week of spring training can often evolve into a cavalcade of health and wellness checks.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
The idea of a parade was borrowed from American traditions with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and military cavalcades as cultural cornerstones.
—Ko Lyn Cheang, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavalcade
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In the 1900s the District Messenger Service, competing with the Post Office’s Express Messenger Service, employed a fleet of message boys who would deliver and wait for your answer.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida closed nine restaurants in 2025 and five during the first quarter of 2026, bringing its fleet down to 53 locations, which will be up for grabs in a bankruptcy sale slated for mid-May.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Guests can also catch lucha libre wrestling, an exotic car show and a chihuahua beauty pageant.—
Aviva Bechky,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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Miss Grand Thailand pageant contestant had an unforgettable malfunction while on stage.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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That included intercept, de-mining, strike, future convoy and escort and patrol operations at sea, Rogynskyy added.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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With his son along for the ride, Luis shows strangers photos of the missing girl, joining a few of them on a convoy to the next party.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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The 38-year-old posted herself on Instagram at community events, from political rallies to parades to little league baseball games.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Children line the parade routes and hold out their hands to ask nazarenos for candies and devotional cards with images of their brotherhood's statues.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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March 27 - April 2, 2026 People around Latin America and the Caribbean marked Holy Week with colorful processions and other traditional displays.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Watch processions of glowing pole lanterns at the Akita Kanto Festival, marvel at the colorful floats of the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, and see Sendai explode with kaleidoscopic decorations during the Tanabata Festival.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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The records include emails, internal presentations and other company documents used as exhibits in litigation, as well as court transcripts and witness testimony from depositions.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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While Neural Concept and Tata Consultancy Services offered computer presentations, Tensor’s peek into the automotive future was displayed off-site with several other AI-using and varying autonomous level cars and trucks.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The caravan was halted by police, and Sonko was put under house arrest.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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The North Carolina native’s caravan of cruelty quickly earned him a promotion from El Centro sector chief to Border Patrol commander at large, a new position crafted just for him.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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In a roadside brewery in the zero-waste village of Kamikatsu in Tokoshima, the pub’s triple-height seating area looks like a collage of windows in every size, affording a vertical panorama of mountains.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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Colorful epic aerial panorama of San Francisco skyline downtown with business building skyscraper and waterfront at twilight in California, USA.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Cavalcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalcade. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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