master of ceremonies
noun phrase
1
: a person who determines the forms to be observed on a public occasion
2
: a person who acts as host at a formal event
3
: a person who acts as host for a program of entertainment (as on television)
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Neither Brolin’s narcissistic power broker nor Domingo’s scenery-chewing master of ceremonies necessarily feel like caricatures.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Throughout the evening, the British actor David Ajala served as master of ceremonies, even getting some guests to join him onstage for a quick boogie.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
Udo Kier is the perverted master of ceremonies in this three-ring circus of deviancy from director Paul Morrissey, which takes Frankenstein’s romantic necrophilia and distills it to its glistening, taboo essence.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Lisa Friedrichs, Veterans of Foreign Wars California High School Teacher of the Year 2019-20, will serve as the master of ceremonies.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Throughout the evening, the British actor David Ajala served as master of ceremonies, even getting some guests to join him onstage for a quick boogie.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
Udo Kier is the perverted master of ceremonies in this three-ring circus of deviancy from director Paul Morrissey, which takes Frankenstein’s romantic necrophilia and distills it to its glistening, taboo essence.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Lisa Friedrichs, Veterans of Foreign Wars California High School Teacher of the Year 2019-20, will serve as the master of ceremonies.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Master of ceremonies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master%20of%20ceremonies. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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