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Recent Examples of éclat
People reports that each panel of her dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads.
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Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 6 July 2019
Each panel of Turner’s dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads.
—Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2019
Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 6 July 2019
Each panel of Turner’s dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads.
—Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for éclat
Noun
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The scenes on this planet emphasize pomp and pageantry as well as the finer points of diplomacy.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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But no amount of pomp and hype can make something true.—
WIRED Staff,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The silverware would give them something to show off during next Monday’s parade.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The fair will also be where next year’s parade will be held.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 July 2022
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Last week, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine and Gergiev prepared to lead the Vienna Philharmonic in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the usual mummery was unfolding.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2022
Noun
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Its story of Chicago gangsters, twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), who return to their Mississippi hometown in 1932, closely follows the plot of the Nineties vampire extravaganza From Dusk till Dawn, which was directed by Robert Rodriquez in QT fanboy mode.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
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Helsinki, Finland June is great for: an alfresco, all-free art extravaganza.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One of Hudson's competitors will be trans model Isabelle St. Cyr. St. Cyr will be the first openly trans contestant in the pageant's history after previously winning the local Miss Monson USA pageant in the Maine town of Monson.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The film will delve into the human side of incarceration, following women with complex pasts who discover resilience, hope and camaraderie through an unlikely source, a prison beauty pageant.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In another timeline, Joel Souza’s Rust would come and go with mild fanfare and maybe some critical praise.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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Let a pair of Dries Van Noten sneakers anchor the look with minimal fanfare.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Throughout the show, she was seen recording and dancing along to Gaga’s Viva La Mayhem spectacle.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes death is itself the spectacle, the thing that people are really here to see, as in the double-suicide of Romeo + Juliet.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As impressive as the circus tricks are, the pageantry adds a whole other level.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2025
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The launch party is giving Bronner Brothers realness—edge control, elegance, and a hint of old-school ATL pageantry.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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