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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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.
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
Helsinki, Finland June is great for: an alfresco, all-free art extravaganza.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
She, her husband and four children stage extravaganzas, with a sort of Passover funhouse experience in the basement, laser lights and fog machines to simulate the parting of the Red Sea, and homemade movie and television parodies.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
McKinley commented on Porsha’s post, praising her for putting the extravaganza together for their little one.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 Mar. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
Helsinki, Finland June is great for: an alfresco, all-free art extravaganza.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
She, her husband and four children stage extravaganzas, with a sort of Passover funhouse experience in the basement, laser lights and fog machines to simulate the parting of the Red Sea, and homemade movie and television parodies.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
McKinley commented on Porsha’s post, praising her for putting the extravaganza together for their little one.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extravaganza
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However, knowing that this year's exhibit explores the figure of the Black dandy, suit silhouettes like the Zoot suit or those of the Sapeurs originating in the Congo can be expected.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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In 2024 alone, more than 800,000 people experienced its powerful exhibits, confirming its status as one of Northern Ireland’s most popular and impactful cultural destinations.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Hudson will try to win a beauty pageant in her home state of Maine, and will face an uncommon opponent Hudson will be competing in the Miss Maine USA Beauty Pageant later this month after finishing as the first runner-up in last year’s contest.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Enter Heidi Gardner dressed like a pageant queen, but with a gown made entirely from toilet paper.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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The exhibitions for Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary sales open May 2 and run through May 15 at the house’s York Avenue galleries.—
Daniel Cassady for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2025
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The exhibition, which opens tonight, is on view through June 21.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Most designers would find such a project daunting: To create 500 costumes for a theatrical spectacular that is part-cabaret, part-circus, with a budget of $14 million, more than 100 performers and lashings of Swarovski crystals.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Review: Joyful 'Coco' breaks from the Pixar pack as a Mexican musical spectacular Who's making 'Coco 2'?—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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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
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This follows years where the display wasn’t allowed by the National Park Service under then-President Joe Biden.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2025
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Six are recent donations or loans to the museum from descendants of the Austen family that are going on public display for the first time.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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