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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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But the more important walk was yet to come, one done alone and without any pomp or circumstance to the Orangeburg Massacre memorial.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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President Trump on Friday concluded a three-nation Middle East tour marked by pomp, opulent receptions and announcements of business deals with wealthy Persian Gulf states.—
Qasim Nauman,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Walker will offer a keynote address at a wreath-laying ceremony before the parade.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Army will pay for any damage to city of DC in June 14 military parade.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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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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Revelry, which launched during the week of World’s 50 Best Restaurants last year, features a walk-around tasting extravaganza known as the Feast along with prominent guest-chef dinners, master classes and mixology pop-ups.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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One casualty of the artist doing two shows a night, which didn’t take place in those other cities, is that the L.A. shows were not three-hour extravaganzas, as in other cities, necessitating to cutting an encore segment of mostly cover songs that amounted to a whole third set everywhere else.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Hudson was named second runner-up, but the two left the pageant hand-in-hand.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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García represented Nicaragua at the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico, where she was placed among the Top 30.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Stripe, now worth $70 billion, quietly built their payment infrastructure with minimal public fanfare.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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And with a Cannes Film Festival premiere, the franchise’s farewell is set for plenty of fanfare — in contrast to the way its seventh movie, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, was stunted by the almost simultaneous Barbenheimer phenomenon two years ago.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Nearly seven years since her last US tour, Shakira and her famous hips returned with a massive spectacle.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The congressman sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, accusing him of prioritizing personal spectacle and showing admiration for authoritarian leaders.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
14 May 2025
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Here’s coverage of today’s horse races, the historic event’s pageantry, fashion and hats, and views from the fans.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2025
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The pageantry and the tradition The main-stage campus commencement gatherings at Alumni Park, which began about 75 years ago, weren’t short on pageantry and old-world tradition going back decades.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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