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Noun
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Would love to know what these career eccentrics make of the pomp and pageantry of the Grammys.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Day 2 of the second Trump administration contained a less pomp but continued circumstance.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The dance, which is said to bring good luck, will be followed by a parade.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Talk-show host Tamron Hall helped Walt Disney World kick off its Black History Month observation by visiting the Magic Kingdom theme park with family members. Hall and five relatives, including her son, rode through the park as part of a parade with Disney characters on Saturday.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 July 2022
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Last week, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine and Gergiev prepared to lead the Vienna Philharmonic in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the usual mummery was unfolding.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2022
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But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s grandmother (Yun) flies in from Korea and insists on an all-out wedding extravaganza.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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This all produced an extravaganza of surreal visuals and interplays.—
Shawn McCreesh,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In 1984, Williams became the first Black woman to win the Miss America pageant.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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But Greenwood’s affiliation with Trump stems from an association with Greenwood's wife, Kimberly, who was the executive director of the Miss Tennessee USA pageant in the 1990s, when Trump co-owned the Miss Universe Organization.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Shyne plunges us into scenes of life with little fanfare.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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Despite the fanfare at the meeting, division on the board, which remains majority Johnson allies, was on display Wednesday during a vote for the board’s vice president.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The film doesn’t paint him as a cautionary tale, treat him like a metaphor, or revel in the spectacle of his struggles.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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Men on couches everywhere appreciate that their body type is represented on the screen, and the women beside them swoon at the spectacle of men voluntarily sweeping and communicating.—
Daniel Foster,
National Review,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Keith Tozer, Major Arena Soccer League commissioner, praised the pageantry and level of competition that was on display Saturday.—
Nathan Dunn,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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Trump's first day back in office was full of the pageantry that accompanies the United States' transfer of power from one leader to the next, but with a MAGA twist.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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