Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hootenannies
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And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Nor does opera, symphonies, orchestras.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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Aside from symphonies by Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Wagner in the Classical Series, the Film + Live Orchestra Series will present tributes to music legends like Jimmy Buffett and Whitney Houston.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
February 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
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But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
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One of America's largest and longest-running music festivals is also one of the most musically diverse in the world.—
Piet Levy,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The film has screened at more than 15 festivals, including its premiere at SXSW 2025.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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But where barrel jeans play with proportions and cuts, these pants are more about doohickeys and thingamabobs, straps, flaps, and pulleys.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
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The jams quickly began to draw both a vivacious crowd of listeners and a core group of budding jazz musicians.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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These jams typically form in two ways.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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These mechanisms can create new effector genes that enable pathogens to infect and colonize a host plant.—
Lily Peck,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2026
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Weight Control More research is needed, but one systematic review found that ginger may help promote weight loss through various mechanisms.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
17 Feb. 2026
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These new doodads are often flashy, but always seem a little off the mark.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Hootenannies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hootenannies. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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