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Recent Examples of bacchanalia
Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021.
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John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1960 and stars one of Fellini’s muses, Marcello Mastroianni, as a tabloid journalist on a week-long bacchanalia through the ancient, yet modern city in search of love and happiness.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
The party morphs into a bacchanalia.
—Sakhi Thirani, JSTOR Daily, 22 Mar. 2023
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John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1960 and stars one of Fellini’s muses, Marcello Mastroianni, as a tabloid journalist on a week-long bacchanalia through the ancient, yet modern city in search of love and happiness.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
The party morphs into a bacchanalia.
—Sakhi Thirani, JSTOR Daily, 22 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanalia
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The orgy comments and Zelenskyy criticism seemed to have kicked off a campaign against Cawthorn within the GOP to ensure he wasn’t reelected.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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During the orgy sequence in Episode 1, Peacemaker discovers a door in his late father, Auggie’s (Robert Patrick) house that leads to a parallel universe where all that is wrong in his current world is right in the new dimension.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Eyes Wide Shut, with Hedda and her new husband throwing a bacchanal of a party in a manor house.—
Ben Jureidini,
Them.,
22 Aug. 2025
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Photo Gallery The bacchanal comes to an abrupt end when the cops arrive — military police, not the regular kind — and declare a state of emergency, ordering all EU citizens to evacuate.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The charity, which Harry has been a patron of since 2007, is holding its celebration evening honoring young people who live with challenging and life-limiting conditions and marking the contributions of those who look after them, from parents to nursing staff and carers.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The famous golf swing celebration isn’t out of place either.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Tickets for the gala are $250 per person, or $2,50 for a table of 10.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Meticulous, frugal and involved in all aspects of the business, Armani put his stamp of approval on everything from skirt lengths and the flowers strewn around at gala dinners to the colors of the curtains in the offices.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Bacchanalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanalia. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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