1
: a short and lively sounding of trumpets
2
: a showy outward display
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The new jet was introduced with great fanfare.
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Pieces of American history have caused quite a lot of fanfare on the auction block.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
The breakup comes only three years after the combination of Discovery and the old Time Warner took effect to great fanfare.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
And last week, to great fanfare, the winner was announced: Kunimasa Aoki, a Japanese ceramist working in terra-cotta, whose organic Realm of Living Things 19 captured the affections of judges such as Patricia Urquiola, architect Wang Shu, and essayist and architect Frida Escobedo.
—Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 7 June 2025
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“Fanfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanfare. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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fanfare
noun
fan·fare
ˈfan-ˌfa(ə)r 
-ˌfe(ə)r
: a short stirring tune played by trumpets
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