as in prank
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
their escapades at the prep school became the stuff of boarding-school legend
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Recent Examples of escapade
But Johnson would love to keep going with the murder-solving escapades of his drawling detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
The series boasted respectable special effects, cool early CGI spaceship design, and old-fashioned space escapades.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The escapades of the very hot bi/pansexuals Gael (Tommy Martinez) and Malika (Zuri Adele), who is also polyamorous, really keep the lifeblood of the show circulating.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
The origins of Godzilla’s name may remain a mystery, but there are no secrets related to its film escapades.
—Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
The series boasted respectable special effects, cool early CGI spaceship design, and old-fashioned space escapades.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The escapades of the very hot bi/pansexuals Gael (Tommy Martinez) and Malika (Zuri Adele), who is also polyamorous, really keep the lifeblood of the show circulating.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
The origins of Godzilla’s name may remain a mystery, but there are no secrets related to its film escapades.
—Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escapade
Noun
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People submit clips of themselves performing the prank, the original poster selects a winner, and the award is distributed in Solana tokens.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to a 2015 Time Magazine story, the tradition of benign pranks began sometime in the 1930s and 1940s in the United States, brought on perhaps as a way to defuse the tensions of economic devastation and the pain of war.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Cultural Appreciation Beyond the exhilarating adventures, another compelling element of the Mørketid in Norway itinerary is the intentional interaction with and support of local communities.—
Susan B. Barnes,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Places to Visit Moreton Island A 75-minute ferry from Brisbane, Moreton is the world’s third-largest sand island—a playground of turquoise lagoons, rolling dunes, and off-grid adventures for the picking.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dom tried his usual tricks, such as leaving the match to get counted out, but Cena stopped him and brought him back to the ring.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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And the action ranges from dueling card tricks to the kind of honest-to-God fights that merely serve to remind us that balletic action films really are magic tricks.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Efforts to compete with Amazon during its ascent in the 2010s had department stores playing catchup on supply chain prowess and integrating stores with e-commerce—sometimes to the detriment of in-store experience.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Despite his lack of coaching experience at the MLB level, Vitello was named manager of the San Francisco Giants last month.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Escapade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escapade. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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