Thesaurus results for SCENES

scenes

noun

plural of scene

as in settings

the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set the first scene was the kitchen of a fancy restaurant during dinner

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as in explosions

an outburst or display of excited anger please don't make a scene while we're at the restaurant

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as in situations

position with regard to conditions and circumstances one of the leading figures in the current political scene

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as in sceneries

the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production helped build and paint scenes for the school play

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Recent Examples of scenes Then came party number two on Sunday, when Arsenal’s players finally got their hands on the trophy and lifted it above their heads in the last game of the league season – cue more scenes of celebration across the English capital and beyond. —

Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Mordecai often goes to scenes where people think immigration enforcement activities are happening in the area with the goal of making sure everyone’s safe and is aware of their constitutional rights. —

Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 In their scenes together, Ahmed plays straight man so Khan can go huge, all breezy confidence and street smarts combined as a defense against the countless stereotypes the bearded, accented, proudly Muslim Zulfi must face every day. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026 The fight between Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde at Madrid’s training ground this month was the most dramatic flashpoint, but tensions behind the scenes have been a constant theme throughout the season. —

Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Stagg’s wife The play doesn’t include scenes with Stagg’s wife, Elizabeth, but Haig purposefully bookends the film with the couple together. —

Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 In the final scenes of the episode, the Silver and Reagan families (including Blue Bloods favorite Joe Hill) rejoice over a meal, while Brian is on the way over. —

Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 Anchoring all this is Fiomona’s open-hearted and entertaining performance, deftly moving between emotionally heavy dramatic scenes and others full of gaiety. —

Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 22 May 2026 Almodóvar tried something similar himself, in the closing scenes of 2015’s Parallel Mothers and his tribute to the missing of the Civil War. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026

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In a 2023 report on chatbots, the CFPB said financial institutions risk legal violations, consumer harm and loss of trust when chatbot systems fail in customer facing settings.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In Ukraine, as in other conflict settings, trust is fragile, shaped by histories of surveillance, politics and fear that information shared could be used against them.

— Sara Huston, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026