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bacchanalia

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as in revelries

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Recent Examples of bacchanalia While the young actors light up the screen in their other ventures, here, they are simply dragged and squeezed into Levinson's male gaze bacchanalia. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 Betting is folded into the bacchanalia, so even non-gamblers gamble. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Now, 23 years later, Art Basel and the surrounding bacchanalia of Miami Art Week are firmly ensconced, even if the contemporary art market has been in the doldrums, and the city seems to have secured its place in the art firmament – at least in December. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025 This gastro bacchanalia might look unchanged from a few decades ago, with 90-pound butter sculptures and century-old barns, towering carnival rides, and extravagant displays of agriculture. — Jess Eng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bacchanalia

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The historic Paulaner brewery hosts three weeks of rowdy revels, kicking off on March 6.

— Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of revels

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The private flight to Belfort’s bachelor party In the film, a private flight to Las Vegas for Jordan’s bachelor party becomes one long bacchanal of Quaaludes and escorts.

— JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Fireworks—plumes of smoke and pinwheeling streaks of sparks—were often deployed to amp up the atmospherics, lending his scenes the feel of a barn-burning bacchanal.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

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Jake was at Los Angeles’ Union Station for a celebration of life event for a friend when his sister called.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
The shows are billed as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of debut LP Reasonable Doubt, which kicked off the 56-year-old’s illustrious career in 1996.

— Sophie Williams, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebration

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The announcement followed Tilbury’s 2022 appointment as the trust’s ambassador for enterprise and coincided with its 50th anniversary gala, held in New York.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Nile Rodgers & Chic will headline the 20th annual gala for DKMS, a top non-profit organization fighting blood cancer and blood disorders.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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