Definition of cavalcadenext
1
as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the longest cavalcade of floats in the history of the parade

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as in pageant
a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes a cavalcade presenting major events in the town's history

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Recent Examples of cavalcade And after multiple clips rolled out over the past month, the final trailer arrived May 12 with a cavalcade of kookiness! Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 May 2026 And despite the circumstances, the host kept things bright, roping in a cavalcade of celebrities to send things out happily. David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 Rai struggled early in his round as a cavalcade of other golfers stood between him and his maiden major championship. Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 But still a camp cavalcade of pop music. Andrew Jones, NBC news, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cavalcade
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Noun
  • The dimensions are large enough to accommodate vessels up to the size of Norway’s famous Coastal Route ships, including the Hurtigruten fleet.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
  • Retrofitting the aircraft for the presidential fleet was also expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
    Arden Farhi, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The building hosted many notable events, including the Miss USA pageant in 2001 and 2002, a rally by President Barack Obama, concerts by Prince, Whitney Houston, Ludacris, LL Cool J and many others.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • The store became a sponsor of the Miss World beauty pageant, and John served as a judge for Miss Universe Great Britain, a significant recruiting pipeline for models.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • One such convoy, organized by the Order of Malta, a Catholic lay religious order, arrived Thursday bearing emergency livestock feed and supplies for farmers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • Every battery, fuel convoy, generator, and charging station deployed to the battlefield creates a logistical burden.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • People hold their phones up to improve their views of the parade floats on Maiden Lane and Broadway.
    Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 19 June 2026
  • Jordin Canada, Naz Hillmon, Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard joined Reese in the scoring parade, combining for a ridiculous 89 points.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The Orange Walk In some ways, the parade was like the giant processions that have traversed the whole of downtown after the Chiefs’ various Super Bowl wins.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Jones said Shiite rulers in several South Asian kingdoms sponsored processions and other commemorations of Hussein’s martyrdom, helping turn them into public events that drew wider audiences.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The production had previously set a June 4 release date before rescheduling to allow for completion of international distribution partnerships following a CinemaCon presentation that generated significant distributor interest.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 June 2026
  • Coffin ended his presentation on an optimistic note.
    Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Hollie and Wade Hynes, who share their family's caravan travel adventures with daughters Bobbie, 6, and Pippa, 4, on the Instagram account @The.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The new Mini House Caravan from Turkish company Ortsan Outdoor does both things, rolling to camp as a compact caravan before blossoming open to nearly triple its living space.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 June 2026
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  • The novels are a time-lapse panorama of a metropolis perpetually reshaped by its inhabitants.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Roman’s large field of view would be able to capture the same panorama with only two, according to NASA.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 15 June 2026

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“Cavalcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalcade. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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