as in entertainment
the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public
with the opening of Disneyland in 1955, the film producer Walt Disney greatly expanded his amusement empire
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Recent Examples of amusement
Sondheim also collected antique board games; his first acquisition, a gift, was a nineteenth-century amusement called the New and Fashionable Game of the Jew, which featured an antisemitic caricature perched over gold coins.
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The Instagram video has been liked nearly 75,000 times, sparking reactions ranging from amusement to mild disbelief.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
The clips have quickly spread online, sparking equal parts awe, amusement, and unease.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Compared with strongholds like Disney and Universal, the amusement-park corporation has faced closures and layoffs and relied on investors such as Travis Kelce to stay afloat.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The Instagram video has been liked nearly 75,000 times, sparking reactions ranging from amusement to mild disbelief.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
The clips have quickly spread online, sparking equal parts awe, amusement, and unease.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Compared with strongholds like Disney and Universal, the amusement-park corporation has faced closures and layoffs and relied on investors such as Travis Kelce to stay afloat.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amusement
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Dame Helen Mirren was named the recipient of the 2026 Cecil B, DeMille Award at the Golden Globes for her contribution to the film and entertainment industries.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Outside the center and elsewhere around Ketchikan, visitors can find newer totem poles, including recreations carved as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps project that began in 1930s and modern-day totem poles by master carvers.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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Peru sits along the Mississinewa River in north-central Indiana, and has antique shopping, farm experiences, and outdoor recreation worth checking out any time of year.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Amusement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amusement. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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