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Recent Examples of processional
Like many park parades, the Starlight processional will be a hot spot for character spotting.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
But the new rule fell flat, with only two overtakes completed throughout the 78 laps as the race maintained its usual processional feel, with Norris winning from pole-position.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
The Slovenian is intent on entering (and winning) almost every race on the calendar, including classics typically unsuited to Grand Tour climbers, leading some fans to label this season processional.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Enormous live oaks shade many of the curving pathways, and sycamores, replanted during the 1990s renovation of the Capitol Complex, line the formal processional walk to the south of the baroque domed structure.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
But the new rule fell flat, with only two overtakes completed throughout the 78 laps as the race maintained its usual processional feel, with Norris winning from pole-position.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
The Slovenian is intent on entering (and winning) almost every race on the calendar, including classics typically unsuited to Grand Tour climbers, leading some fans to label this season processional.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Enormous live oaks shade many of the curving pathways, and sycamores, replanted during the 1990s renovation of the Capitol Complex, line the formal processional walk to the south of the baroque domed structure.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for processional
Noun
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At the end of the ceremony, Paris and Théo performed a galliard—a dance from the Renaissance era—as their recessional.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2024
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Students were still advised to maintain social distance before the recessional began.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2022
Noun
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The pandemic interrupted the development of the oratorio, but its first iteration was performed in San Francisco and on Angel Island in 2021.—
Aimée Ts'ao,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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In 2017, with a grant from the Hewlett Foundation, the Del Sol String Quartet commissioned Huang to write an oratorio about Angel Island’s history based on the poems.—
Aimée Ts'ao,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Processional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/processional. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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