as in humors
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
The director got his feature start with action comedies, famously directing the Charlie’s Angels movies in the early 2000s.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
But only 10 of the operas have been comedies.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
After decades of delighting fans with her brilliant performances in comedies like Private Benjamin, Overboard and The First Wives Club, Hawn is turning to a different medium to spread the power of positivity.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
By the end of the decade, the number of political films had gone down substantially, while dramas made up nearly half of all films and comedies saw only a slight decline (49 percent).
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
But Hollywood has moved away from positioning silly comedies for grown-ups as major events, and Segel has thus drifted back to TV—this is his first movie in four years, and his first big theatrical release since before the pandemic.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
—Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
With Madison Avenue increasingly focused on consumers who watch their favorite dramas, comedies, sports matches, movies and reality programs via streaming services, traditional TV ads are only one thing that will be up for sale at the industry’s annual conference.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
In the next several years Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies, and historical plays, set variously in England and abroad (often Italy and France).
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
But only 10 of the operas have been comedies.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
After decades of delighting fans with her brilliant performances in comedies like Private Benjamin, Overboard and The First Wives Club, Hawn is turning to a different medium to spread the power of positivity.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
By the end of the decade, the number of political films had gone down substantially, while dramas made up nearly half of all films and comedies saw only a slight decline (49 percent).
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
But Hollywood has moved away from positioning silly comedies for grown-ups as major events, and Segel has thus drifted back to TV—this is his first movie in four years, and his first big theatrical release since before the pandemic.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
—Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
With Madison Avenue increasingly focused on consumers who watch their favorite dramas, comedies, sports matches, movies and reality programs via streaming services, traditional TV ads are only one thing that will be up for sale at the industry’s annual conference.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
In the next several years Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies, and historical plays, set variously in England and abroad (often Italy and France).
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
Noun
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The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates divided the lives of men into only four stages, a number that mirrored the four humors and the four elements.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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But the humors are acutely sensitive to their surroundings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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The role demands charisma, vocal chops, and sharp comedic timing, all deployed within one of the most cynical satires in the musical theater canon.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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With sparse amounts of slapstick, this staging isn’t the most physical of farces, though Lutz and Enriquez in particular strike some laugh-out-loud poses.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Comedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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