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Noun
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There are sections on orgies and masturbation and voyeurism and how to behave in a porno theater.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025 -
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But now there are ways to enjoy some bacchanal on a budget, proving that the freedom of Carnival can actually be free.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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But now there are ways to enjoy some bacchanal on a budget, proving that the freedom of Carnival can actually be free.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Portraits of Spielberg, Grandin, Harjo and Dimon will be commissioned or acquired by the gallery in anticipation of the award gala on November 15, 2025.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Invitations are typically limited to elite figures in the worlds of fashion and entertainment, and are approved by Anna Wintour, who has overseen the gala since 1995.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Saturnalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturnalia. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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