as in exhibit
an elaborate, visually exciting show or event the over-the-top extravaganzas that are usually staged at halftime during the Super Bowl

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Recent Examples of extravaganza Always keep your guests in mind when assembling your extravaganza. Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025 Walmart Deals is an annual shopping extravaganza designed to compete with other major October sales like Amazon Prime Big Deal Days and Target Circle Week. Christine Persaud, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 The savings extravaganza’s lowest prices are reserved for Amazon Prime members. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 Plus, rarely-on-sale brands like Apple, Sony, and Stanley are also marked down for the shopping extravaganza. Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for extravaganza
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Noun
  • The exhibit is the first royal gallery in France and was built by King Louis XIV, the French monarch who ruled from 1643 to 1715.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Her courtroom preferences, published on the District of South Carolina’s website, demonstrate her focus on documentation and procedure, including requirements for courtesy copies, email submission of pretrial briefs, and indexing of exhibits.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Preliminary competition rounds for the Miss USA pageant will continue throughout the week, leading up to the final night of competition at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Sydney Shrewsberry repped the Indiana Fever player during the costume portion of the Miss USA 2025 pageant.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The exhibition also featured Graffiti Truck, a piece made in collaboration with volunteers from different areas in the city.
    Antonio Sergio Bessa, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The new Little River location will include three screening rooms, two flexible exhibition rooms, an art gallery, a lounge and a café.
    Edda Leon, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The lineup of potential new attractions included a nighttime spectacular at Ohio’s Cedar Point, a flying theater at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, a stunt show at Ohio’s Kings Island and an entrance gate coaster at Six Flags New England.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Hosted by drag superstars Dusty Ray Bottoms and May O’Nays, this cabaret-meets-musical-theatre spectacular brings together local legends, touring talent, and rising youth performers for an unforgettable staging of sequins, show tunes, and slaying.
    Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So Hernandez was allowed to compete as a girl, become a national spectacle, and then play out a final high school volleyball season, igniting protests from opponents and teammates alike.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the country has pioneered a Blue Economy—an ocean-first approach that puts conservation before consumption, sustainability before spectacle.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Judging by his big grin, though, the best topic was saved till last when asked to describe Estevao’s display.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The first liquid crystal display substrate that makes all of the flat panel displays that you’re used to seeing, the first low loss optical fiber, the ceramic substrates that clean the air of your emissions from your vehicles, the pharmaceutical packaging that made your COVID shot possible.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025

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