pageantry
noun
pag·eant·ry
ˈpa-jən-trē 
Examples of pageantry in a Sentence
I like the tradition and pageantry that come with graduations.
Recent Examples on the Web
The rest of the panel includes leading pageantry historian Sally Ann Fawcett and marketing guru Andrew Bloch.
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Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
The two are polling closely, and it’s led the candidates to really crank up the MAGA pageantry.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
For outside observers, the trick is extracting hard policy signals from the propaganda and pageantry.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
But from the pageantry of the tropical getaway, accusations of the trip being tone-deaf coupled with the memory of Tarte’s past faux pas have created a massive discussion online.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
Krzyzewski, whose Blue Devils also had won the previous year, tried explaining to VanDerveer how the day was going to go — the pageantry and picture-taking, speeches and handshakes.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2024
Much pageantry and fanfare accompanied their wedding at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Ophüls presents the big-tent pageantry and the passionate drama of Montès’s life as similarly grandiose, gaudy, alluring, and tragic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
After a long day of pageantry, the ruler hosted a banquet.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
The two are polling closely, and it’s led the candidates to really crank up the MAGA pageantry.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
For outside observers, the trick is extracting hard policy signals from the propaganda and pageantry.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
But from the pageantry of the tropical getaway, accusations of the trip being tone-deaf coupled with the memory of Tarte’s past faux pas have created a massive discussion online.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
Krzyzewski, whose Blue Devils also had won the previous year, tried explaining to VanDerveer how the day was going to go — the pageantry and picture-taking, speeches and handshakes.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2024
Much pageantry and fanfare accompanied their wedding at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Ophüls presents the big-tent pageantry and the passionate drama of Montès’s life as similarly grandiose, gaudy, alluring, and tragic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
After a long day of pageantry, the ruler hosted a banquet.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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pageantry
noun
pag·eant·ry
ˈpaj-ən-trē
plural pageantries
1
: pageants and the presentation of pageants
2
: splendid display
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