as in festival
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
the town's annual Fourth of July carnival
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Recent Examples of carnival
Claire Reilly, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Instead, the weekends-only Culture Night Market Holiday Gift Fair will take place on Paseo de San Antonio from 5-10 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec. 1 and Dec. 5-8.
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The carnival rides will arrive Dec. 13, providing some family-friendly thrills through New Year’s Day.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024
Chloe McGowan, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2022
The Queen is also expected to attend the Derby, one of her favorite horse race events, a concert at Buckingham Palace and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a carnival-style celebration during which many artists, including Ed Sheeran, will perform.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2022
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There will be carnival rides, games, food trucks and live entertainment.
—Claire Reilly, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Instead, the weekends-only Culture Night Market Holiday Gift Fair will take place on Paseo de San Antonio from 5-10 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec. 1 and Dec. 5-8.
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The carnival rides will arrive Dec. 13, providing some family-friendly thrills through New Year’s Day.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Whitestown's family-friendly Independence Day Celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. with live music, carnival-style food, a ticketed kid's zone and a fireworks show once the sun goes down.
—Chloe McGowan, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2022
The Queen is also expected to attend the Derby, one of her favorite horse race events, a concert at Buckingham Palace and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a carnival-style celebration during which many artists, including Ed Sheeran, will perform.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2022
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And the festival comes to a close, on Sunday, May 4, with a free show at Casa del Lago UNAM in Chapultepec Park.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2024
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The festival has booked Gary Clark Jr., Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, Ginuwine, Joy Oladokun and Mike Jones for the occasion, with further details to be announced.Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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The film’s centerpiece is a chaotic, carnivalesque parade of surrealistic characters marching through Tokyo.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
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Nicolay understands the industry’s highs and lows, having been a member of the Hold Steady, a rock band known for its elaborate storytelling, and of the carnivalesque punk band the World/Inferno Friendship Society.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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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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How To Split Your Time Between Family This Christmas, According To Experts By Soo Kim Life and Trends Reporter 0 A video revealing a woman's shock upon learning that Americans do not traditionally include Christmas crackers in their holiday festivities has gone viral on TikTok.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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There’s no better way to join in on the festivities than by illuminating your home with the warm, inviting glow of festive lights.Christopher Murray, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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While Queen seemed resistant to the crowd’s raucous support of the home team, Willard seemed to acknowledge that the first away game from Xfinity Center in College Park not involving a neutral venue impacted the players.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
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In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bottle pee–er Dwayne Johnson, who voices the boisterous South Pacific super-human Maui in Moana 2, logged two movies in the top five over the weekend; his Amazon MGM Christmas-on-creatine action flick, Red One, came in a distant fourth with $18.7 million in North American receipts.Chris Lee, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recognized for his distinctive wolf costume and boisterous social media antics, Babudar rose to fame as one of Kansas City’s most fervent fans.Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Nov. 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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The present headquarters of the Andy Warhol Factory are, despite the raffish image, surprisingly elegant and ordered: typewriters click, business machines whir, telephones ring and are answered by trim and efficient secretaries.Stephen Birmingham, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2023
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Tellingly, in the upper right-hand corner, Ruscha added a cheap Western cowboy magazine, its rowdy narrative of American manifest destiny having been torn in two.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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This isn’t the first rowdy revelation Bush Hager has shared on the morning show recently.Rachel McRady, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Carnival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnival. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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