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a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes
a cavalcade presenting major events in the town's history
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Recent Examples of cavalcade
The game, unsurprisingly, was a cavalcade of clumsiness.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Disney’s splashy Legends ceremony brought a cavalcade of A-listers to Anaheim’s Honda Center on Sunday evening during the conclusion of the Mouse House’s D23 Expo.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
If the opening was an often confusing but certainly stimulating cavalcade of images and events, the closing was presented as a single, stately, snail’s-pace theater piece — something like Robert Wilson directing the Cirque du Soleil.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
After all, what is modern Star Wars if not a cavalcade of cameos with some new bits peppered in?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Disney’s splashy Legends ceremony brought a cavalcade of A-listers to Anaheim’s Honda Center on Sunday evening during the conclusion of the Mouse House’s D23 Expo.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
If the opening was an often confusing but certainly stimulating cavalcade of images and events, the closing was presented as a single, stately, snail’s-pace theater piece — something like Robert Wilson directing the Cirque du Soleil.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
After all, what is modern Star Wars if not a cavalcade of cameos with some new bits peppered in?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavalcade
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Its series of demands included Kyiv cutting its army to a fifth of its size, reducing its fleet of ships, helicopters and tanks and banning it from weapons research.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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As a low-cost airline, Breeze offers value fares but with enhanced amenities on its brand-new Airbus A220 fleet.Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lensed by Tina Barney, the shoot depicts Ratajkowski in a beauty pageant.Hannah Malach, WWD, 2 Nov. 2024
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That’s why Elle’s character and Pete Seeger, Edward’s character, and Joan Baez, of course, and many others are more than just passing through in a kind of Hall of Presidents pageant.Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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But aid agencies had difficulty moving the food brought ashore to areas further into Gaza where it was needed most because humanitarian convoys came under attack.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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To bring a convoy of pickups from out in the county sent an unsubtle message: this is our town now.David Litt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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San Jose’s Veterans Day parade, set to start at noon, will go on, rain or shine.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The Irish theater company had previously staged a yearly Halloween parade in Dublin beginning in 2013, but there was none planned for this year, per The Independent.Abigail Adams, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the following musical number, a grand procession through the streets of Mexico City, also functions as a plea to the viewer — to buy in, to accept the film’s idiosyncratic world, one where Rita quickly gets entangled with a drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) seeking gender-affirming surgery.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Mexican Grand Prix had been the most boring race on the calendar for years—a procession of tire preservation with little-to-no overtaking or risk taking.Rob Reed, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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SpaceX is working on a concept version of Starlink for Mars, according to a NASA presentation.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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In particular, the Future TV Stage was brimming with inspiring best-case presentations on this topic, as well as addressable TV and connected TV.Ivan Guzenko, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the Los Angeles area, weekend caravans typically meet at dawn on a Saturday for a drive that takes hours and return late the following night.Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Migrants from South America forged a harrowing route through Panama’s Darién Gap and marched in caravans across Mexico.Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
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The majestic mountain lodge—incorporating design cues inspired by the Wild West—offers unobstructed panorama of Lake Wakatipu and some of the finest farm-to-table dining fare anywhere on the South Island.Brad Japhe, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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Back over Belgium, we’re treated to another expensive-looking panorama of the battle in the sky: burning airplanes, wafting parachutes, flak and explosions everywhere.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Cavalcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalcade. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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