processions

plural of procession

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of processions Plus, there will be workshops, two processions, altar displays, and Muertos Mercado (an artisan market). Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025 There are processions with music and folk dance performances, but the most impressive sight might be when local fishermen in rowboats illuminate the lake with torches. Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025 Those include gatherings like funeral processions, picket lines that do not disrupt vehicle or foot traffic, educational activities and parades or public assemblies contained within corporate boundaries. Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025 Parked nearby is a grocery cart filled with his worldly processions. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 Other departments and agencies will take part in the processions, the Timber Mesa Fire Department said. Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025 The outlet reported that Harry is expected to walk side by side with his brother at the forefront of the processions through the streets of London. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025 Look out for medieval reenactments for which whole towns dress in costume, and religious processions where music is the soul of the streets. Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Book a private balcony spot to watch the processions in comfort. Nina Aquino, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for processions
Noun
  • So Kojima and Mercer, the two great gods of gaming and video games, will certainly get the most important parades.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Issues ranged from international − on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas − to local, such as parades reflecting the city’s diversity.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This groundbreaking method could transform the way researchers study complex diseases, including cancer, without disrupting natural cellular processes.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Handy’s platform also includes advocating for policies that reduce the cost of living, boosting small business, investing in stronger infrastructure, involving neighborhood associations in decision-making processes and trying to bring down utility costs.
    Sofi Zeman October 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Do this combination of 30-second progressions + 30-second recovery blocks for five rounds.
    J'ne Day-Lucore, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The aim at Anfield was always success but small progressions would have been accepted, considering Liverpool had been only the fourth-best team in the Premier League under his predecessor Gerard Houllier.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the 2025 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report, one in nine US adults over the age of 65 has Alzheimer's dementia, with that rate increasing as age advances.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The cuts would total nearly 10% of the company’s corporate jobs, as advances in artificial intelligence stoke fears about the white-collar workforce and the US labor market shows signs of weakening.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The company plans to continue releasing updates as testing progresses, pushing its axial flux architecture toward the next benchmark in electric propulsion.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Sitting somewhere, putting on shoes, eating an apple, listening in headphones that sort of progresses into something a bit wilder.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Achieving quick, consistent self-assembly in solution without evaporation has remained a significant difficulty, despite advancements in block copolymer templating, metal alkoxide chemistry, and nanomaterials.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • There could be major changes in the future Tech companies are moving fast to accommodate advancements in artificial intelligence and to become the leader in this space.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are other skalds, or griots, or troubadours devoted to the goings on in the Pembroke (and, later, Powell) home, and when the reruns hit the streamers our world grew.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Much to the frustration of sleuthing fans, Sherman-Palladino has continued to defend the miniseries’ ending, saying her concern wasn’t with the goings on of any of the aforementioned men.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Processions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/processions. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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