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Recent Examples of bacchanal
As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As Dorian’s life becomes an incessant bacchanal, Snook spends much of her time mugging and narrating directly into a smartphone screen, which is seamlessly projected onto a wall behind her.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As Dorian’s life becomes an incessant bacchanal, Snook spends much of her time mugging and narrating directly into a smartphone screen, which is seamlessly projected onto a wall behind her.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
Noun
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The scent takes inspiration from retellings of outdoor orgies, with notes of citrus, grass and fresh flowers.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
27 June 2025
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Prosecutors have argued Gina was a victim of the same type of violence and marathon orgies as both Ventura and Jane.—
Kaitlyn Morris,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
Noun
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The only sober attendees are a father (Sergi López) and his young son (Bruno Núñez) who are hoping to find the boy’s sister, a bohemian swept up in the relentless rhythm of this road-tripping bacchanalia.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Once the free drinks flowed, some drunken revelers Tossed the full red bags overboard.—
Chris Vognar,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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Higgins was among the revelers who got together the night of January 28, and the defense tried to suggest he should have been considered as a suspect.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The original film followed a group of high schoolers who find an unlikely, intergenerational friend in Sue Ann Ellington, a lonesome veterinarian and devoted party animal played by Spencer.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
4 June 2025
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What was once a misunderstood creature trying to find his own identity has morphed into a party animal who wouldn’t be out of place in a frat house.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Recently, a gala fund raiser brought in more than $1.3 million.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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This year, Bieber attended the gala solo while her husband Justin Bieber, supported her from home.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Hamilton SantaCon & 1K Fun Run A 1K fun run at Marcum Park kicks off Hamilton's second annual SantaCon, where merrymakers dress as the jolly ole elf and frolic throughout the city's Dora district, spreading holiday cheer, joy and perhaps ending up with a lump of coal in the stocking.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
6 Dec. 2024
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The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s.—
Ron Charles,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2023
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Greenery and an audiovisual system aim to immerse partygoers in a tropical atmosphere.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2025
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On October 7, 2023, the party was overrun by terrorists who brutally killed 364 partygoers and abducted another 40 to Gaza.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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