cavalcades

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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2
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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Noun
  • Coordinating fleets of robotic arms remains one of the toughest problems in modern manufacturing.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The overwhelming pattern is that what China showcases at Tiananmen becomes reality in squadrons, brigades, and fleets.
    Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Social media accounts show Snelling, who majors in interdisciplinary disability studies, attended Jefferson County High School in Mississippi and previously competed in beauty pageants.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As is the case with most pageants, each contestant's platform is an extremely important part of their participation, and at the time, Blankenship opted to advocate for infertility awareness.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Sports were once again a main component of media companies' Upfront presentations to advertisers earlier this year.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Marianne Faithfull documentary with George MacKay and Tilda Swinton, Broken English, is screening in the special presentations category.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some are festivals and parades rather than marches and rallies, though hundreds of those are scheduled as well.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Thus began our commemoration of Labor Day, usually marked with parades, barbeques and occasional fireworks.
    Jill Ebstein, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But what really blew me away was the sheer scale of the panoramas.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Other advanced features include Hohem’s companion Joy app, which unlocks one-tap panoramas, Hitchcock-style dolly-zooms and CloneMe templates.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Look out for medieval reenactments for which whole towns dress in costume, and religious processions where music is the soul of the streets.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Music, processions, and revelry fill the streets over multiple days.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As dusk falls, camel caravans fade into dunes, and stars ignite above the oasis palms.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Due to its location, farming crops, like maize, was difficult, so the people relied on llama caravans to connect the communities in the region and facilitate trade.
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Cavalcades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalcades. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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