divertissement

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Recent Examples of divertissement Life at The Sea Ranch is predictably bucolic, frequently focused on divertissements for the couple’s young children, Miles and Juliet. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2025 The loveliest expression of these is in the second act, where the enchanted forest is replaced by a pure-dance divertissement. Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 And the Mother Ginger divertissement had to be omitted altogether, since there was no way to fit eight older Polichinelles under her skirt. Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021 This season, the Act 2 pas de quatre, a speedy and demanding divertissement for three women and one man, was cut to help streamline the ballet. New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020 Historical revisionism as an academic divertissement is corrupting, muddling the intellects of generations. Jakub Grygiel, National Review, 8 Nov. 2019 Festive music is suddenly heard as the people celebrate Thésée’s safe return in an ironic divertissement. George Loomis, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018 With the young Queen Victoria often in the audience, the world’s foremost ballerinas appeared there, sometimes in duets, trios, and quartets, with Perrot making creative breakthroughs in terms of both narrative ballet and pure-dance divertissements. Alastair MacAulay, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2018 With the young Queen Victoria often in the audience, the world’s foremost ballerinas appeared there, sometimes in duets, trios and quartets, with Perrot making creative breakthroughs in terms of both narrative ballet and pure-dance divertissements. Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divertissement
Noun
  • Or the explosive growth of the experiential economy across sectors like sports, wellness, and entertainment.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Movistar Plus+ must be the home of fiction, entertainment, and sports.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The new regulations include a diversion program that refers first-time violators to an online safety course.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
  • Twenty years later, grant funding from the Department of Justice has set up 61 treatment courts and 30 diversion programs across Wisconsin.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s gotta be some sort of latex recreation or Madame Tussauds wax figure, right?
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • When Brand was growing up, the developmental path in basketball went like this: knock on the door of your neighborhood recreation center and learn the game under mentorship of a trusted coach and teacher.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • And so, this data led to changes in body design in 2022 that saw more than 30 percent more overtakes, much to the delight of F1 fans, no doubt.
    Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Well, consider that, unlike what’s happening in the world at large, the frights and delights inside Viola’s Room are actually fun.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • And there’s all kinds of theatrical fun at Bourbon Steak in Las Vegas.
    Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Matthews Independence Day Celebration Location: Stumptown Park, 120 S. Trade St., Matthews, NC 28105 Date: July 3 Time: 5 p.m. Cost: Free Celebrate the Fourth at Stumptown Park with food trucks, beer, live music, kids’ activities and plenty of patriotic fun.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025

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“Divertissement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divertissement. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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