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Recent Examples of carnivalesque
The film’s centerpiece is a chaotic, carnivalesque parade of surrealistic characters marching through Tokyo.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
With their flared, fringed petals, the flowers have a carnivalesque presence, but Oppenheim’s spare installation cuts the comedy.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Before last year’s trial, the blocks surrounding the Superior Court in Dedham developed a carnivalesque atmosphere.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
With multiple hues split by seams that encircle their throats and bellies, the vases have a sweet, carnivalesque elegance.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
With their flared, fringed petals, the flowers have a carnivalesque presence, but Oppenheim’s spare installation cuts the comedy.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Before last year’s trial, the blocks surrounding the Superior Court in Dedham developed a carnivalesque atmosphere.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
With multiple hues split by seams that encircle their throats and bellies, the vases have a sweet, carnivalesque elegance.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivalesque
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Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
30 Mar. 2023
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Transform your salad spinner into a carnival-style spin art machine.—
Lauren Piro,
Good Housekeeping,
31 Oct. 2022
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After 40 years beachside (and gaining a casual, semi-riotous rep for all the day-drinking amid the sand and surf), the Independent Spirit Awards has shacked up at the Hollywood Palladium.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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The quest to fathom the riotous diversity of nature is absorbingly told in a virtual double biography of the great taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his contemporary, the count of Buffon.—
Ian Tattersall,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Feb. 2026
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He is most known for catch opposing point guards off-guard with steals from behind in the back court, a move sure to elicit a raucous, standing ovation when performed for the first time in front of the Madison Square Garden faithful.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Nashville scored to take the lead, and hit the post, within the opening minute of the middle frame, pushing the Wild back on their heels and getting the raucous crowd back in the game.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
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Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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A little lowly courier work, yes, but nothing more raffish than that.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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After two weeks of filming in Kansas City, the cast and crew of ended their stay in Kansas City with a boisterous wrap party in a private karaoke suite at Offkey in Westport.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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Koreatown’s many casual but boisterous offerings also await.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Carnivalesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivalesque. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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