pageantry
noun
pag·eant·ry
ˈpa-jən-trē 
Examples of pageantry in a Sentence
I like the tradition and pageantry that come with graduations.
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To turbocharge the pageantry, the schools had agreed earlier in the year to move the 2007 and 2008 meetings to Arrowhead Stadium.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
That sense of fraudulence seeped into other areas of her life, beyond pageantry.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
His effort to schmaltz Putin with a display of royal pageantry obviously pleased this murderous dictator to no end.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The all-female Afro-Caribbean-American music/pageantry ensemble Batalá New York leads a parade featuring fashions, giant puppets and more on Aug. 16 at 11:30 a.m. on the Church Street side of Guilford Green.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
That sense of fraudulence seeped into other areas of her life, beyond pageantry.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
His effort to schmaltz Putin with a display of royal pageantry obviously pleased this murderous dictator to no end.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The all-female Afro-Caribbean-American music/pageantry ensemble Batalá New York leads a parade featuring fashions, giant puppets and more on Aug. 16 at 11:30 a.m. on the Church Street side of Guilford Green.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Pageantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pageantry. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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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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