as in disturbance
a state of noisy, confused activity
the commotion created when the nation's top rock band arrived in town
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Recent Examples of commotion
Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día endorsed Vice President Harris on Tuesday amid a commotion over a comedian insulting the island at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.
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Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Goldin said on its site that a huge commotion followed the ball's landing: Fans flipped over tables and chairs in a dining area at loanDepot Park in Miami to get their hands on it.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Second, the combination of their own body stripes and the background stripes created a visual commotion of motion signals, so predators were unable to accurately judge the speed or predict the direction that the humbug damselfish were moving in.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
There was an excited commotion and a chorus of nos—no one had heard the news.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Goldin said on its site that a huge commotion followed the ball's landing: Fans flipped over tables and chairs in a dining area at loanDepot Park in Miami to get their hands on it.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Second, the combination of their own body stripes and the background stripes created a visual commotion of motion signals, so predators were unable to accurately judge the speed or predict the direction that the humbug damselfish were moving in.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
There was an excited commotion and a chorus of nos—no one had heard the news.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commotion
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According to The Weather Channel, the disturbance in the Caribbean is likely to become a tropical depression and possibly Tropical Storm Rafael on Monday and the system could become a hurricane in the western Caribbean.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The disturbance sits 345 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica.Elisa Raffa, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Speakers at a Trump rally in New York City last weekend caused a stir when a comedian made inappropriate jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico.Amie Parnes, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Trump era has even affected some of the dynamics at the high school where Joe teaches; particularly when Trump first ran, students brought Trump banners to school, causing a stir.Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
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The sports world is making a big fuss about 20-time NBA All-Star LeBron James playing on the same team as his 20-year-old son, Bronny.DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Morbius, meanwhile, sold itself with trailers featuring Spider-Man graffiti that doesn’t appear in the actual movie and made a bunch of fuss about a post-credits scene involving Michael Keaton’s MCU baddie the Vulture that ultimately didn’t make any sense nor amount to anything.James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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The filing notes that geopolitical turmoil, specifically the Israel-Hamas conflict, has impacted global shipping routes, leading to disruptions.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Defense spending and exports could be threatened, analysts say, and conservative ambitions to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration could cause turmoil at a time when the agency is deeply engaged in trying to diagnose and fix systemic problems at Boeing.Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Keep scrolling to shop these fashion finds, but hurry, sizes are already selling out.Shea Simmons, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Mashing the gas, the 27-year-old E60 lurched forward and eliminated the gap in a hurry.Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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In testing, Dyson's noise cancellation effectively muffled out most distracting sounds, including street noise, the rumble of subway trains, and music in a coffee shop.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The noises around me, the people, the cars, the children, everything disappeared with Tina.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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From there things just keep happening, as one event unfolds into another in a headlong rush amid the incessant clatter of plates and pans and the machine spitting out endless order tickets.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Outside, the sidewalk patio remains relatively quiet except for the occasional clatter of trains down the street.Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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It was being driven by high winds that were sweeping the area as a winter storm arrived.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The storm is now about 195 miles west of Key West, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, moving northwest at 9 mph, the National Hurricane Center said at 7 a.m. ET.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Commotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commotion. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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