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Recent Examples of orgy
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The real prize at this feast, however, will be those molecules that most efficiently store energy, your fatty acids, so that the caloric orgy reaches its apotheosis in that fattiest of all your organs, that thing which seemed most you: your brain.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Nobody is drugged and no crazy orgy takes place.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The real prize at this feast, however, will be those molecules that most efficiently store energy, your fatty acids, so that the caloric orgy reaches its apotheosis in that fattiest of all your organs, that thing which seemed most you: your brain.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Nobody is drugged and no crazy orgy takes place.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
Noun
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Standing in the way of such revelry is a pair of angry recent champions.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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This Pride, expect fewer rainbow logos and less corporate revelry.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The only sober attendees are a father (Sergi López) and his young son (Bruno Núñez) who are hoping to find the boy’s sister, a bohemian swept up in the relentless rhythm of this road-tripping bacchanalia.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The vibe, never exactly cheerful, and never leavened by a hint of even the most sarcastic sense of humor, takes a turn for the horrific one evening in the wake of the bawdy revels celebrating Tomek’s wedding.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales, and more.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Combine your new color and a fresh blowout, and your hairstyle will look better than ever.—
Lisa DeSantis,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
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The removable cover is waterproof and machine-washable—a big plus for any late-night diaper blowouts.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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“Orgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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