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Noun
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His love of wealth could be exceeded only by his love of pomp and display.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025 -
While the festivities provided plenty of pomp and pageantry, royal experts told Fox News Digital that no gathering could ever rival the late monarch’s unforgettable encounter with a controversial guest.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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October through the end of the year marks peak tourist season in the Florida Keys, anchored by Fantasy Fest and holiday parades.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Detroit Free Press has won 10 Pulitzer Prizes — with the first coming in 1932 for our coverage of a huge parade during an American Legion convention.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 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
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Evansville's West Side Nut Club puts on an autumn extravaganza that dwarfs others by comparison, according to rankings provided by USA TODAY.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
29 Sep. 2025
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While the exposure is great, Brooke won’t be sharing the profits from this week’s extravaganza.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The earthquake nterrupted the Miss Asia Pacific International 2025 beauty pageant in Cebu City, Philippines.—
Rajeev Tyagi,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Beauty pageant contestants were seen in another video running off the stage as the earthquake started.—
Brandon Miller,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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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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Some experts tell Fortune the pyrotechnics were more fanfare than threat prevention.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The entire concert is a spectacle — all black and red, smoke and snakes.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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In addition to its astrological influence — reaching its peak in the sign of Aries — October’s supermoon will also be a mystical spectacle.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Not too long ago, foreign policy analysts might have shrugged off the pageantry of the China summit.—
JEFFREY PRESCOTT,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Sep. 2025
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While the festivities provided plenty of pomp and pageantry, royal experts told Fox News Digital that no gathering could ever rival the late monarch’s unforgettable encounter with a controversial guest.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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