pageant

1
as in parade
a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes we always put on a Christmas pageant every year

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as in exhibit
an elaborate, visually exciting show or event an annual summertime pageant depicting the town's founding and colorful early history

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Recent Examples on the Web The city also hosts the Miss Universe pageant, and the U.S. space station, Skylab crashes just outside the city. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024 After becoming the first Black woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1984, Williams turned her attention towards an acting career. Danny Horn, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024 From late summer’s Vice-Presidential pageant of Democratic middle-aged American white men, Walz emerged as an avatar of football-coaching, social-studies-teaching, father-figure affability, and this appeal helped carry him past arguably more strategic choices to a spot on the Harris ticket. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024 During and after high school, Sarah had been a good student, an aspiring model and a beauty pageant winner. Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pageant 

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“Pageant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pageant. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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