as in carnival
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Recent Examples of carnivalesque
In one instance, the permeation of real and carnivalesque, true and false, amateur and professional in Avignon reduced me to rubble.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Afterwards, drive over to Santa Monica to walk around the carnivalesque pier and savor your final moments at Venice Beach, paying a visit to the skate park and ogling at all of the amazing tricks.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 17 June 2024
Their great bar food delights includes an array of ‘cheezy’ vegan options, and topped off with colorful and carnivalesque cocktails.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2023
In his Bombay masala cassava, his baked eggs with tadka greens (the sort of nourishing dish that would drown a cold), and his chaat-style loaded twice-baked potatoes, a recipe which draws from Mumbai’s carnivalesque street food traditions.
—Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Afterwards, drive over to Santa Monica to walk around the carnivalesque pier and savor your final moments at Venice Beach, paying a visit to the skate park and ogling at all of the amazing tricks.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 17 June 2024
Their great bar food delights includes an array of ‘cheezy’ vegan options, and topped off with colorful and carnivalesque cocktails.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2023
In his Bombay masala cassava, his baked eggs with tadka greens (the sort of nourishing dish that would drown a cold), and his chaat-style loaded twice-baked potatoes, a recipe which draws from Mumbai’s carnivalesque street food traditions.
—Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivalesque
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Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
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The Square has spooky carnival-style games.Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
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But mainly it is known for the riotous setting off of fireworks, increasingly in defiance of local bans.Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Borough will be reviewing and revising plans for public events given this new riotous trend.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Stanley Tucci: How Julia Child Changed My Life Tampopo (1985) Getty Images Juzo Itami's Tampopo is a raucous Japanese comedy filled with vignettes about different characters eating, cooking, and—in the case of a dapper gangster and his girlfriend—engaging erotically with food.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Swift glimmered in her pink and blue bodysuit to a raucous roar from 92,000 screaming fans.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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There’s an over-the-top and overdressed fish out of water (me), a raffish Englishmen homesick for Great Britain (my husband Aidan, who will be mortified to read any of this), and an ensemble of quirky characters.Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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The sun was setting, leaving a band of neon orange clinging to the horizon; around us, raffish cliques sipped esoteric cocktails, shared platters of roast chicken, flitted between languages, and seemed, to my eyes, immune to worldly stress.David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
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But the action is set in the 1970s, replete with boisterous parties, dancing G.I. Joes and snowflakes throwing their own snow in the air.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Then came a boisterous rally in front of 42,000 fans at Dodger Stadium.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Carnivalesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivalesque. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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