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as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
the classroom was in a furor when the mice escaped from their cage
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as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
euphoric children in a gift-opening furor on Christmas morning
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as in indignation
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
residents were in a furor about the new paper mill being constructed within city limits
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Recent Examples of furor
But the furor has enveloped Starmer, who appointed Mandelson as Ambassador in 2024.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Use of Grok for sexualizing photos sparked a worldwide furor.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Providence Equity is aiming to calm the waters within the Wasserman agency after Friday night’s surprise news that the firm will be put up for sale and founder Casey Wasserman will leave amid the furor over his appearances in the Epstein files.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
With all of the furor over the halftime show, perhaps no one noticed two highly insulting events that directly affected the deaf audience.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
Use of Grok for sexualizing photos sparked a worldwide furor.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Providence Equity is aiming to calm the waters within the Wasserman agency after Friday night’s surprise news that the firm will be put up for sale and founder Casey Wasserman will leave amid the furor over his appearances in the Epstein files.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
With all of the furor over the halftime show, perhaps no one noticed two highly insulting events that directly affected the deaf audience.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furor
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Subscribe to Stocks @ Night today and see what the commotion will be about tomorrow.—
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CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
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My husband heard the commotion and hollered at me for yelling at his sister.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Feb. 2026
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The move is characteristic frenzy building from Fred, whose show Friday night will be the final performance of his USB002 tour that began last fall.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the latest one, The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, already has fans in a frenzy.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
27 Feb. 2026
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The other parents joined them, one or two echoing the incredulity, a mixture of fake consternation, mild indignation, and real pride.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The crosswalk’s removal sparked indignation in Celeste Padilla, who lives nearby.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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His comments caused a stir Wednesday from pro-Israel advocates who felt Newsom was turning on their interests.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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This recipe has two components—a crunchy streusel topping, and a simple stir-together batter.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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All-American sophomore Sarah Strong came into the second quarter on a rampage, putting up 10 unanswered points by herself in less than three minutes after ending the first with just two.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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The attack was Canada’s deadliest rampage since 2020, when a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 13 people and set fires that left another nine dead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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His prosecution has sparked outrage on social media and prompted several petitions calling for the charges against him to be dropped, including one signed by more than 380,000 people.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Social media converted it into shareable outrage.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, the reinforcement learning system was trained using hundreds of millions of simulated disturbances in a virtual environment.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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In contrast, several weather disturbances will induce considerable cloud cover primarily over the central and eastern states.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors said Serafini’s crimes were driven by anger and financial distress.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Recent suicide bombings have also reignited Pakistan’s anger with the Taliban for allegedly harbouring and supporting militant groups in Afghanistan that carry out attacks in Pakistan, which the Taliban denies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Furor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furor. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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