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cavalcade

[kav-uhl-keyd, kav-uhl-keyd] / ˌkæv əlˈkeɪd, ˈkæv əlˌkeɪd /


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In the short term, though, a cavalcade of companies from Snap to Amazon have invoked AI or a desire to find efficiencies as they slash large portions of their workforces.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

Before rushing into action, or joining the cavalcade fretting about a market bubble, remember Thanksgiving.

From Barron's Dec. 17, 2025

"A cavalcade, volleys of cannons and a marble throne room," wrote the ultra pro-Kremlin news site Komsomolskaya Pravda on Friday.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

Disneyland is introducing a new afternoon character cavalcade that will feature some 70th-anniversary attire and the arrival of rarely seen characters at Disneyland, such as Duffy and ShellieMay.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2025

It was rather a comic cavalcade that left the village, though the few folk that came out to stare at the ’get-up’ of the travellers did not seem quite sure whether laughing was allowed.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Dozens of floats decorated with bright garden-fresh flowers, marching bands and cavalcades of equestrians will proceed along the 5½-mile route through Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2022

By the halfway point, it had blown my mind twice and accumulated such cavalcades of incident that I couldn’t fathom where it had left to go — but it found places, and it went there.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2022

The devolution of SNL cold opens from laser-focused comedic premises like “Chevy Chase falls down” to loosely structured cavalcades of celebrity guest appearances continues apace.

From Slate Mar. 1, 2020

Crisp passing, alley-oop dunks, cavalcades of 3-pointers - what’s not to like?

From Washington Times Mar. 31, 2018

The undulations of fast gathering tumults were like the opening of the Coronation Anthem; and like that, gave the feeling of a multitudinous movement, of infinite cavalcades filing off, and the tread of innumerable armies.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright




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