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a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators
- the Roman circus is believed to have held 50,000 spectators in ancient times
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a place of uproar or confusion
- with seven kids in the house, it's a circus most of the time
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- babel,
- bedlam,
- madhouse,
- scrum
- [British],
- three-ring circus
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an elaborate, visually exciting show or event
- the media circus that took place outside the courthouse every day of the murder trial
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The first known use of circus was in the 14th century
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