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as in gymnast
one who performs feats of physical strength, balance, and agility on special apparatus
a child who is a natural acrobat with a superb sense of balance
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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
a political acrobat whose opinion on any issue is whatever will get the most votes
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Recent Examples of acrobat
The movie perks up when Michael Keaton and Eva Green arrive as a ruthless impresario and his sensitive acrobat girlfriend, and Burton envisions his obvious Disneyland analog as a capitalist hellscape.
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Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Cirque Du Soleil, the famed circus company whose shows often combine acrobats and storytelling, launched a new production in Waikiki, Hawaii earlier this month.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Full of exotic beasts, bearded ladies, strapping giant strong men and dare-devil acrobats, along with the likes of Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zac Efron, the 20th Century film grossed $459M worldwide.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Catch flying acrobats, fire breathers, stilt dancers and all sorts of gravity-defying stunts at UniverSoul Circus when the show performs under its state-of-the-art big top tent set up in Miramar from Feb. 27 through March 16.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
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Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Cirque Du Soleil, the famed circus company whose shows often combine acrobats and storytelling, launched a new production in Waikiki, Hawaii earlier this month.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Full of exotic beasts, bearded ladies, strapping giant strong men and dare-devil acrobats, along with the likes of Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zac Efron, the 20th Century film grossed $459M worldwide.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Catch flying acrobats, fire breathers, stilt dancers and all sorts of gravity-defying stunts at UniverSoul Circus when the show performs under its state-of-the-art big top tent set up in Miramar from Feb. 27 through March 16.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrobat
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Multiple interviews reported how Haney pulled athletes by the hair, used crude language to berate students, and even threatened to commit suicide if gymnasts attempted to leave her team at MG Elite.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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There’s Olivia Dunne, the 22-year-old Louisiana State gymnast, who can now command hundreds of thousands of dollars for an advertorial TikTok post.—
Cornell Watson,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Frankly, she’s been a chameleon in this competition, effortlessly shifting her sound to fit each song.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
16 Apr. 2025
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The foliage can be quite the color chameleon, with some selections leafing out in shades of red, purple, lime green, and orange before changing tones as the season advances.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Acrobat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrobat. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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