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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Others have been approved without fanfare, such as Amazon’s $10 billion center in Richmond County and York County’s first mega data center near Lake Wylie.
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
In a short Instagram video announcing the news, Snoop is seen with his back to the camera standing on what looks like a snowy mountaintop while the Olympic fanfare blasts out.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
The brassy fanfare of mariachi music was first played in the region’s rural reaches and popularized in Guadalajara’s handsome plazas.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
In February 1973, roughly 10 months after Sunrise Mall opened with great fanfare and at a cost of $30 million on former farm land, then-center manager Ken Kinsley weighed in with a piece in the Sacramento Union.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
In a short Instagram video announcing the news, Snoop is seen with his back to the camera standing on what looks like a snowy mountaintop while the Olympic fanfare blasts out.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
The brassy fanfare of mariachi music was first played in the region’s rural reaches and popularized in Guadalajara’s handsome plazas.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
In February 1973, roughly 10 months after Sunrise Mall opened with great fanfare and at a cost of $30 million on former farm land, then-center manager Ken Kinsley weighed in with a piece in the Sacramento Union.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Fanfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanfare. Accessed 5 Oct. 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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