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Definition of fanfare
1 : a short and lively sounding of trumpets
2 : a showy outward display
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Examples of fanfare in a Sentence
The new jet was introduced with great fanfare.
Recent Examples of fanfare from the Web
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There wasn't much fanfare, says manager Anderson Grissom.
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That’s not at all the case with Bite Beauty’s brand-new Nearly Neon Collection, which arrived in our offices to much fanfare.
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Television will have plenty of fireworks and fanfare to mark the Fourth of July holiday.
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Trappers captured fishers in British Columbia, and brought them to Washington, where they were released to great fanfare.
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The new lineup of Ken Dolls — seeking to represent a more multicultural, physically diverse populace (read: client base) — landed earlier this week to much fanfare.
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The June 21 opening of Fresh Thyme Farmers Market in River Forest was met with excitement and fanfare by shoppers and store officials.
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This season, Taurasi has already topped Katie Smith’s W.N.B.A. record of 906 career 3-pointers, a fanfare prelude to the arrival of her scoring crown.
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Donald Trump’s trade policy has so far been more bark than bite: dramatic rhetoric about shaking up the old order, backed mainly by new studies and completion of routine Obama-era cases touted with extra fanfare.
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Origin and Etymology of fanfare
French
FANFARE Defined for English Language Learners
fanfare
playDefinition of fanfare for English Language Learners
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: a lot of talk or activity showing that people are excited about something
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: a short piece of music played loudly with trumpets especially to announce that someone is arriving
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