as in exhibit
an elaborate, visually exciting show or event
the larger-than-life spectaculars that make Las Vegas attractive to people with little interest in gambling
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Recent Examples of spectacular
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Messi leads the Golden Boot race with 24 goals over 23 games and almost added another in the 29th minute against Toronto, but was denied by goalkeeper Sean Johnson, who made a spectacular save.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Carole Horst, Variety, 16 July 2025
Other Native American tribes have called the lunar spectacular the Hot Moon and the Blooming Moon, to commemorate the spring season, and the Hatching Moon or Birth Moon to commemorate new life.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 5 June 2025
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Noun
The entire experience was a spectacular reminder of all the amazing — and often secret — spaces that people occupy in New York City, whether for a lifetime or a mere moment or two.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Messi leads the Golden Boot race with 24 goals over 23 games and almost added another in the 29th minute against Toronto, but was denied by goalkeeper Sean Johnson, who made a spectacular save.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Across the world, the team produces more than 150 live parades, stage shows and spectaculars every day, while developing and creating dozens of new shows, parades and events.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 16 July 2025
Other Native American tribes have called the lunar spectacular the Hot Moon and the Blooming Moon, to commemorate the spring season, and the Hatching Moon or Birth Moon to commemorate new life.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectacular
Noun
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The center features plenty of interactive exhibits, camps and games for children and a Fossil Frontier where guests can explore fossils from across Tennessee.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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He was first arrested in 2012 in Palm Beach County, Florida, on charges of battery, improper exhibit of a firearm or dangerous weapon and criminal mischief, with only criminal mischief upheld.—
Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The makeup and musical artist has yet to reveal if someone else helped formulate the extravagant hairdo.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Turn up the drama by adding feathers to your outfit, or even an extravagant, dazzling head piece.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Vacheron Constantin unveiled a bonkers automation clock and an incredible Métiers d’Art watch to match.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
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Neurons are incredible pieces of biological hardware that enable complex processes like thought, emotion, and movement via specialized communication across vast networks using electrical and chemical signals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The earthquake nterrupted the Miss Asia Pacific International 2025 beauty pageant in Cebu City, Philippines.—
Rajeev Tyagi,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Beauty pageant contestants were seen in another video running off the stage as the earthquake started.—
Brandon Miller,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The new Alfa Romeo just isn’t flamboyant enough.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The new Alfa Romeo just isn’t flamboyant enough.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Occasionally, the texts mention our extraordinary political moment.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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This extraordinary collection of two volumes of poems and a third of prose shows the empathy, intuition, and exquisite use of the natural world that make Oliver the heiress of Emerson and Thoreau.—
AudioFile Magazine
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Amidst these displays is also, inexplicably, a poster of her and John on a yacht and at a Utah Jazz game (which Bronwyn points out isn’t courtside).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Hypersonic cruise vehicles that operate below about 30 km (19 miles) wouldn’t create such large, illuminated plumes, and terminal dives wouldn’t produce extensive, bright displays that could be seen over a wide area.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But her singing now is less showy and more nuanced and carefully modulated.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower blooms, sits a curious collection of inconspicuous plants that could be easily overlooked by the untrained eye.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Spectacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectacular. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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