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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cacophonous
Adjective
  • The warnings start coming in, first shrill alarms from our cellphones alerting us of a tornado warning, and then the stirring call of tornado-warning sirens outside of the windows.
    Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
  • The shrill, ominous sound is instantly recognizable, and for anyone who’s experienced the real thing, gut-churning.
    Will Ripley, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • By plunging the viewer into this chaotic inner world, Aster illustrates the dissonant appeal of being enmeshed in the perspective of, and maybe even rooting for, an individual committed to their belief in justice—even if that commitment can border on sordid.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
  • The dissonant hoover synths seethe like Bernard Herrmann strings — echoing the lyrics’ references to Hitchcock’s Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
    Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The noisy ones have either hope or larceny in their souls.
    Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Rez said platforms should build internal mechanisms that elevated antisemitism protections above noisy or majority-sourced signals in training.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Once again, America confronts the unpleasant truth that the Constitution does not expressly guarantee a right to vote — and neither will the Supreme Court.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The past year has been an unpleasant one for the value approach.
    John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Cacophonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cacophonous. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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