cavalcades

Definition of cavalcadesnext
plural of cavalcade
1
as in fleets
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 pageants
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 cavalcades The idea of a parade was borrowed from American traditions with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and military cavalcades as cultural cornerstones. Ko Lyn Cheang, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026 The song is played multiple times throughout the day at the Disneyland Resort, including at the official opening of the theme parks and during character cavalcades. Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Design There’s a reason James Bond villains chase 007’s Aston Martin in fleets of black Defenders.
    John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Even Uber, which became a household verb, now sees its future in servicing corporate robotaxi fleets.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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  • Loren got her start in beauty pageants as a young girl before turning to acting in the 1950s.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, closer to home, at the Glock Horse Performance Center in Austria, Kathrin put together a series of lavish Horses & Stars pageants.
    Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Venture capital meetings, accelerator demo days and even corporate board presentations often hinge on short, high-stakes interactions where impressions of the leader quickly become impressions of the venture.
    Paul Sanchez Ruiz, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Each of the presentations was a finalist for the conference’s hackathon competition.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Nazi parades set to electronic hype music; paeans to Third Reich governance.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Well we wasn't allowed to go to those big parades and stuff.
    Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Good Friday is one of the most solemn days in the Christian faith, with processions happening across the city.
    Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Still, Semana Santa processions make an impact on her.
    Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
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  • Some threads of trade connected the different zones, like the Silk Road across central Asia, or the trans-Saharan caravans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Kumari writes that horses from Central Asia mainly arrived in India over land routes, brought by merchants from nomadic cultures who traveled in caravans.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026

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“Cavalcades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalcades. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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