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Recent Examples of hootenanny
High-tech met high-proof hootenanny, and nobody looked back.
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Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
After over 40 years in Utah, the indie cinema hootenanny had inked a 10-year contract with the Beehive State’s next-door neighbor in hopes of renewal and evolution.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
According to Wald, the first time Dylan is on stage in front of a really big crowd is at a Pete Seeger hootenanny, in which Seeger brought a number of young performers onstage.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's legacy showcased at the Mother Church
The two hours that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played onstage felt like part Grand Ole Opry episode, part hootenanny and part blistering psychedelic rock concert.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2024
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Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
After over 40 years in Utah, the indie cinema hootenanny had inked a 10-year contract with the Beehive State’s next-door neighbor in hopes of renewal and evolution.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
According to Wald, the first time Dylan is on stage in front of a really big crowd is at a Pete Seeger hootenanny, in which Seeger brought a number of young performers onstage.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's legacy showcased at the Mother Church
The two hours that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played onstage felt like part Grand Ole Opry episode, part hootenanny and part blistering psychedelic rock concert.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hootenanny
Noun
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Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.—
Monica Chin,
The Verge,
1 Sep. 2023
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Shot in 2021, the film apparently featured a crew of Ukrainian gangsters as the henchmen of Hugh Grant’s billionaire arms dealer antagonist, Greg Simmonds (who is brokering the thingamajig deal).—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2023
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Members of Dehd, Meat Wave, Matchess, Deeper, Ulna, Desert Liminal, and more linked up for an intuitive jam session.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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The two bond over music and a late-night jam session.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Companion, meanwhile, quickly makes clear what a dingus Josh is; the film seems uninterested in deeper character study, instead just generating turns aplenty to keep up the momentum.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Don’t let some emotionally immature dingus shake you.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
9 Dec. 2024
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The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Dec. 2019
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The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.—
Dennis Hohenberger,
Courant Community,
29 May 2018
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The state has also advanced in large-scale restoration through innovative mechanisms such as restoration concessions, while intensifying actions to combat deforestation and forest fires.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The perpétuelle montre à tact showcases many of the key refinements and complications that Breguet perfected, including automatic winding, a calendar display, and an ingenious tact mechanism for telling the time silently or in darkness.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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These traditional Jewish desserts are made with a simple shortbread dough and filled with your favorite fruit jam.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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Markle's orange marmalade, strawberry jam and raspberry jam are included in the set.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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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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Since the pandemic cooking boom left home chefs enamored with countertop gear, the appetite has shifted to smarter machines that can replace a fleet of gadgets—air fryer, toaster, dehydrator, slow cooker, even that sous-vide thingamabob—without swallowing up half the kitchen.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Apparently the best and prettiest dancer gets chosen, but the only thing Ellen really cares about is that Brian also makes his way into the ceilidh and winds up her temporary partner during the group dance.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
29 Aug. 2025
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Dancing The Irish Network hosts its annual ceili (dance) from 4 to 7pm Sunday at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Hootenanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hootenanny. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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