as in Christmas
the season celebrating Christmas
for Noel the town puts on a festival of indoor and outdoor events, including strolling carolers in Victorian dress
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Noun
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There is no doubt Leoni, who turns 19 shortly before Christmas, is a raw prospect, but the talent is obvious.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Many of his workers rotate to different industries after the season is over, including making Christmas wreaths.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Kate is a lifelong piano player herself and even performed at her annual carol service in 2021.—
Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
23 May 2026
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That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Charli and preeminent pop divas Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande are releasing some of the bleakest music of their careers just in time for summer, the traditional season for party anthems and celebratory bangers.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Britpop anthem from the stands.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Brioschi’s sinfonia, Spagnolo explained, was the overture to a Hebrew cantata, the kind of production that regularly involved the collaboration of Jews and non-Jews.—
Collin Ziegler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Jan. 2026
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Orff originally wrote it for tenor, that soloist’s single appearance in the cantata.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The hymn’s plea resounded in the cavernous venue after the director cut us off.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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While watching a video about the Protestant church in Cuba, Calderon was proud to see the congregants singing his grandfather’s hymn.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The entertainment could be a little racier than being serenaded by a trio singing Greek power ballads at dinnertime.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In the heart of the capital Praia, a city of under 200,000 residents, singers belt out morna ballads from restaurants — morna being Cape Verde's traditional music, with African and Portuguese influences.—
Ricci Shryock,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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“Noel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Noel. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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