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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
Enter Lilo & Stitch, in some ways an odd choice to join this cavalcade.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
While veteran actors and fellow SXSW attendees Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders play members of Matt’s team, the show also boasts a cavalcade of top stars playing (versions of) themselves.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Anyone who watches the Rolling Loud stream of Playboi Carti’s performance will be inundated with a constant flow of banner ads from a cavalcade of companies hoping to profit from their proximity to the biggest rapper in the world.
—Hazlitt, 28 May 2025
That was also the episode that gave us a cavalcade of celebrity guest stars playing political figures, including Dana Carvey as then-President Joe Biden, Andy Samberg as Harris' hubby Doug Emhoff and Jim Gaffigan as Harris' running mate Tim Walz.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 18 May 2025
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
While veteran actors and fellow SXSW attendees Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders play members of Matt’s team, the show also boasts a cavalcade of top stars playing (versions of) themselves.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Anyone who watches the Rolling Loud stream of Playboi Carti’s performance will be inundated with a constant flow of banner ads from a cavalcade of companies hoping to profit from their proximity to the biggest rapper in the world.
—Hazlitt, 28 May 2025
That was also the episode that gave us a cavalcade of celebrity guest stars playing political figures, including Dana Carvey as then-President Joe Biden, Andy Samberg as Harris' hubby Doug Emhoff and Jim Gaffigan as Harris' running mate Tim Walz.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavalcade
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The resort also uses a fleet of electric vehicles for day-to-day operations.—
Julie Olum,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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Soon, every employee will manage a fleet of AI agents.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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The pageant featured contestants dressed in elaborate costumes tied back to the city's humble yet iconic bird.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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On the side, the former beauty pageant queen creates handmade jewelry via her company, House of Mitti. #35.—
Steven Bertoni,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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This article was updated to reflect OCHA’s statement saying Palestinians were killed waiting for food rations arriving in U.N. convoys.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
18 June 2025
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At other moments, towns have seen their power cut and cartel convoys parade through their communities.—
Edgar H. Clemente,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers fly over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 7, 2017.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Conversely, hard power is demonstrated by, say, a military exercise, such as a parade featuring tanks.—
Jennifer Boulanger,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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Later that morning, other Cornell on Fire activists held up a banner for students and faculty marching in the graduation procession to see.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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About nineteen minutes in, after a meditative string of A-flats, a halting procession of some two hundred and seventy-five chords begins—permutations of eight basic types, containing up to twelve notes.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Now, the government plans to finish its presentation on Monday, which means the defense will get to call its own witnesses beginning Tuesday.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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The Biennial also features a presentation of paintings from the Gardena High School Art Collection, an assemblage of California Impressionism that began in 1919, and a program curated by present-day teenagers of works drawn from the Orange County Museum of Art collection. Saturday through Jan. 4.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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When a caravan of federal vehicles departed from the gates, protesters followed them, throwing rocks and other objects.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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And when the cops creep in with a caravan of backup, Emery figures out that Joe’s new medallion has a tracker on the back of it.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
5 June 2025
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The panorama, captured on May 2 by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanos on the Red Planet.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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Hike nearby Matt Davis Trail for sweeping ocean panoramas or just plop down on the sand.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2025
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“Cavalcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalcade. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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