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Recent Examples of cacophonous Baltimore deserves credit for stepping up and sending Tullis-Joyce the wrong way, particularly against a cacophonous backdrop of angry United fans behind that goal. Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Episode 2, set at Jamie’s school just a few days after the incident, thrives in the chaos of innumerable moving pieces as kids push through crowded passageways, cram inside cacophonous classrooms, and even parade out to the playground during an unexpected fire drill. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025 The market’s message and intentions are always worth debating — especially so during an intense pullback, with cacophonous policy headlines and piqued investor emotions animating the action day to day. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025 But with the emergence of digital media, today's cacophonous environment features billions of podcasts, blogs, streaming channels, and social media influencer accounts that each cater to micro-viewerships with zero editorial oversight or accountability. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cacophonous
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Adjective
  • While democratic Taiwan has long been used to those threats, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the increasingly shrill rhetoric from Chinese leader Xi Jinping and conflict in the Middle East have thrown into sharp relief what could be at stake if peace falters.
    Will Ripley, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
  • With the start of the invasion in 2022, Mironov dropped that charade and became one of the shrillest cheerleaders for Putin and the war.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • Uneasy strings soundtrack a creature’s tentative first steps out of the primordial sea, and intense, dissonant horns blare as a T. rex engages in an epic battle with a powerful planet eater.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 23 July 2025
  • His disjointed, dissonant rhythms were his attempt to accompany the chaos — like providing a real-time soundtrack to a strange silent movie.
    David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • These creatures can be very noisy, but there's a purpose.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 July 2025
  • There are also elements that people tend to notice only when things go wrong, like if a restaurant is too noisy.
    Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Set a Timer For particularly difficult or unpleasant tasks, set a timer for a short duration—for example, five to 30 minutes—and commit to working on that task until the time is up.
    Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 17 July 2025
  • There are telltale signs that there's too much moisture in your house, from condensation to unpleasant odors.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 July 2025

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“Cacophonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cacophonous. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.

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