as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties
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Recent Examples of revel
Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
This celebratory defiance of us-and-them mentality revels at the center of Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Be open always to the world around you, and the sighting of a fox, say, or a Mozart sonata overheard on a neighbor’s radio, will be reason enough to revel.
—airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024
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Noun
For instance, Josephus’ account states that around 1,000 revels took their lives toward the siege’s end, but some academics have argued that such an event may never have occurred.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
This celebratory defiance of us-and-them mentality revels at the center of Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
Verb
To revel or not to revel:In wake of terror attack, the music is back on in New Orleans
FBI provides timeline prior to deadly attack
Further investigation revealed that Jabbar stayed at a rental home in New Orleans beginning Oct. 30, 2024, according to Myrthil.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Be open always to the world around you, and the sighting of a fox, say, or a Mozart sonata overheard on a neighbor’s radio, will be reason enough to revel.
—airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revel
Noun
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Amidst Texas’s fiercest heat-wave on the eve of Ramadan fasting, three young Muslims reluctantly plunge into a crime spree to save their community, confronting the gritty underworld of Houston and their own struggle for power.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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With this Republican trifecta in place comes the opportunity to pass a reconciliation bill that not only extends the Trump tax cuts but also addresses the economic fallout from the Biden administration’s reckless regulatory and spending spree.—
Stewart Whitson,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some allegedly caroused until dawn.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
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From there, a series of scenes — a late-night house party full of adults drinking and carousing, a cascade of tinsel falling off a Christmas tree, a playground fail — replicate a you-are-there feeling as a preadolescent named Elwood Curtis navigates the agonies and ecstasies of boyhood.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.—
Scott Hocker,
theweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.—
Celia Wren,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2023
Verb
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Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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The popular Netflix series is now back for its seventh season, which premiered on April 10, with six new episodes for fans to binge.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Save for outlier performances such as what Cleveland’s Ty Jerome did to the Heat in Sunday night’s Game 1 romp and what Davion Mitchell has done in his blaze of glory the past few weeks for the Heat, the reality is that of the top seven players in this series, the Heat might only have two.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
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The league may be a Liverpool romp, but a Champions League spot is in Forest’s grasp.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Zimmerman, 44, was scheduled to perform a multi-hour set alongside fellow electronic artist Zhu, who could also be seen drinking during the show, according to videos posted to social media.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Van Hollen said those drinks were placed on the table by a Bukele aide, and that neither man drank them.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the video, Marina frolics with a star on her cheek in some scenes.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
11 Apr. 2025
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The team of researchers released video footage capturing almost a decade of the small white creatures’ arctic frolics, providing a rare look at how polar bear cubs behave when emerging from their dens.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Revel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revel. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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