as in hymn
a religious song
sang carols at the Christmas Eve service
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as in to praise
to proclaim the glory of
landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley
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Recent Examples of carol
Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
The carol, which has ruled the chart during the holiday season since 2017, snagged four straight weeks at the all-genre chart’s summit in 2024, bringing its total week at the top to 18 so far.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2025
David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
This 2005 cult classic has a Christmas-y vibe and features quintessential festive activities like parties, caroling and decorating without hitting us over the head with holiday cheer.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Princess of Wales has worn items from Jigsaw for her royal outings in the years since and prominently topped her look with a bow from the brand at her Together at Christmas carol service in December 2004.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
The carol, which has ruled the chart during the holiday season since 2017, snagged four straight weeks at the all-genre chart’s summit in 2024, bringing its total week at the top to 18 so far.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
The song hits plenty of holiday reference points — pumpkin pie, caroling, boughs of holly.
—David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
This 2005 cult classic has a Christmas-y vibe and features quintessential festive activities like parties, caroling and decorating without hitting us over the head with holiday cheer.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carol
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Immigration tales tend to adopt a hybrid form—part elegy for life in the home country, part hymn to the promise of the new.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Tutivillus, who totted up all the mistakes clergymen made when singing hymns or reciting psalms.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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There have been anti-China rallies in downtown Seoul in recent months, where protesters chanted racist slurs and made unsubstantiated claims of Chinese inference in South Korean politics.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Up in a second-deck corner of the GEODIS Park, in Section 233, a group of about 60 spirited Inter Miami La Familia supporters chanted and jumped up and down as Messi and his teammates took the field.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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Zhao praised Kore-eda’s films for their focus on mundane details – laundry, cooking, daily routines – that create a meditative rhythm before emotional tsunamis arrive.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country singer had posted a photo on Instagram of the polarizing conservative activist with himself and wife Brittany, and praised Kirk in the caption.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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The legendary Public Enemy rapper and dating show debutante served as the guest judge on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night, in which the eight remaining couples hit the floor with head-banging routines set to a litany of iconic anthems.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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The trumpets lend a romantic, even sensual touch to this anthem of desperate love, complemented by the vocals of Ricardo Yocupicio and Geovanni Mondragón and the rest of the instrumentation, which includes the essential tuba, clarinets, and horns.—
Luisa Calle,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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How many of you sing when no one’s around?—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The song has experienced a resurgence thanks to the TikTok challenge, where two people stand back to back, with one person lip-synching the 4 Non Blondes song while the other sings Minaj's rap from her 2012 track.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Town & Country takes its characters and their struggles at face value and, despite some gentle needling, celebrates their genuine camaraderie and familial commitment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Some of this year’s events also celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps and Navy.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tutivillus, who totted up all the mistakes clergymen made when singing hymns or reciting psalms.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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The basilica was temporarily shut down on Monday, Oct. 13, and prayers and psalms were said as holy water was showered on the altar, according to the outlet.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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As long as the message hasn’t changed and people are still blessed and inspired, that’s all that matters.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sands points to data showing that the world has gotten substantially better at finding people with TB since the World Health Organization blessed the AI technology in 2021 and released a toolkit on how to properly calibrate it to each local population and setting.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Carol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carol. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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