Thesaurus results for JAMBOREE

jamboree

noun

ˌjam-bə-ˈrē

as in spree

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town

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Recent Examples of jamboree Flag football More than 110 girls flag football teams showed up at UCLA on Saturday for a jamboree sponsored by the Rams. —

Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024 In a 1994 Foreign Affairs article, the economist Paul Krugman skewered some of the woolly thinking on national competitiveness of the type favored at Davos and other jamborees of the global elite. —

Nicholas Shaxson, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2021 But the invention of the tap board in swimming removed the need for a jamboree of judges and timers around the pool. —

Laura McCreddie-Doak, WIRED, 20 July 2024 Nashville Style The new jamboree features familiar characters from the previous show, and there are still puns and comedy galore. —

Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for jamboree

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Cohen acquired Curzon in late 2019 amid a buying spree by the U.S. real estate developer.

Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
That’s precisely what the Fed did in 2018 when the first Trump administration went on a tariff spree, slapping duties on foreign goods ranging from solar panels to washing machines.

Bryan Mena, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024