as in circus
a place of uproar or confusion
the house has been a three-ring circus ever since the kids got back from summer camp
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Recent Examples of three-ring circus
This Florida City Is Home to a 105-year-old Fish Market, White-sand Beaches, and a Beautiful Opera House
Speaking of the pool, it is shaped like a series of three connecting circles reminiscent of a three-ring circus and features an elevated sun deck.
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2025
So much is packed in that The Slip feels more like a three-ring circus than a 12-round match.
—Book Marks
june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The song uses a three-ring circus to explain the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 12 Feb. 2025
The other is an unranked unicorn, most at home in the middle ring of a three-ring circus.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2025
So much is packed in that The Slip feels more like a three-ring circus than a 12-round match.
—Book Marks
june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The song uses a three-ring circus to explain the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 12 Feb. 2025
The other is an unranked unicorn, most at home in the middle ring of a three-ring circus.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-ring circus
Noun
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The 10,000-seat arena has hosted concerts by Cher, Rush, Aerosmith, Elton John, Andrea Bocelli, Bruce Springsteen and others over the past 25 years, and also has held monster truck shows, pro wrestling performances, circus visits and more on off days.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Rainbow flick The chances of seeing this skill — some might call it a circus act — being performed at the World Cup this summer increased significantly on the back of Neymar being named in the Brazil squad.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Headphones are often my saving grace in this madhouse.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2026
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In practice, this means a madhouse of multimedia rooms, packed with gurgling videos and useless machines and humanoid bodies.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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If the Spurs stave off elimination, Johnson presenting the trophy to the Knicks at home after a Game 6 win on Tuesday could surpass the bedlam from the comeback.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Somewhere amid the bedlam in the stands was a 13-year-old Nkosinathi Sibisi, who is set to make his World Cup debut for Bafana Bafana this week.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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“Three-ring circus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-ring%20circus. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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