as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town
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Recent Examples of jamboree
The all-day jamboree will take a break to mark the milestone as Battle gives a keynote speech and students hear from Play Ball alumni Courtney Safro, a Northeastern University student who now is a volleyball coach for Play Ball.
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Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Just in time for the real-life Eurovision Song Contest, the TARDIS takes a detour to the 2925 version of the annual song and dance jamboree.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Starting at $46 Denver Arts Festival The annual fine arts and crafts jamboree highlights local artists at the Conservatory Green in the Central Park neighborhood.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
The weekly, fun-in-the-sun outing is a free jamboree every Friday, for nine weeks, beginning May 2 and running through late June.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Just in time for the real-life Eurovision Song Contest, the TARDIS takes a detour to the 2925 version of the annual song and dance jamboree.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Starting at $46 Denver Arts Festival The annual fine arts and crafts jamboree highlights local artists at the Conservatory Green in the Central Park neighborhood.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
The weekly, fun-in-the-sun outing is a free jamboree every Friday, for nine weeks, beginning May 2 and running through late June.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jamboree
Noun
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Nevertheless, Henley would end up entangled in the spree of crimes that Corll was secretly committing.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Artificial intelligence startups have minted dozens of new billionaires this year, adding to an AI boom that’s quickly becoming the largest wealth creation spree in recent history.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gunja’s husband was a drunk who sold chicken and mutton bones for a living, collecting them from dhaba eating places, then transporting them to a bone-meal-fertilizer factory.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Scolding your Valley co-star for being a sloppy drunk is like scolding your Gilded Age co-star for wearing wigs with weird little bangs.—
Michelle Cohn,
Vulture,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The result is a timeless, adrenaline binge that’s one of the most exhilarating games of the year — in two dimensions or otherwise.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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The battery hangs in there through long work sessions or binge marathons, and the webcam is solid for video calls.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Uncle Sam has been on a spending bender and has a $2-trillion deficit to tame.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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There’s also a huge drive for originality, for movies which are genre blenders, benders or flippers.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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“Jamboree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jamboree. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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