as in pageants
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 extravaganzas
Then-Mayor John Lindsay had cut down on ticker-tape extravaganzas for financial and other reasons.
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Anthony Izaguirre,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Production’s involvement in paying for cast extravaganzas is something Monique brought up in a confessional interview during season 10.
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Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Mar. 2026
Every year, these flashy performances — from classic movie-musical extravaganzas to Disney earworms to Bond themes to power ballads — are the highlight of an already ridiculously flashy ceremony.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
Before this year's show, see some of the biggest moments from past halftime extravaganzas in the gallery above.
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Jeff Suess,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
16 Jan. 2026
Netflix 'The Life of Chuck' Based on the Stephen King novella, director Mike Flanagan's supremely joyous character study – the best movie of 2025 – involves an apocalypse, multiple dance extravaganzas and a haunted attic.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
The venue is suited for musical performances from string quartets and small orchestras to vocal extravaganzas.
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News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Nov. 2025
His Christmas Eve shows were extravaganzas that involved holiday tunes and sound clips.
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Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Advertisers still crave the broad, simultaneous viewership such extravaganzas generate, and marketers that in the past might not have spent heavily on sports now see new reasons to do so.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Anthony Izaguirre,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Production’s involvement in paying for cast extravaganzas is something Monique brought up in a confessional interview during season 10.
—
Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Mar. 2026
Every year, these flashy performances — from classic movie-musical extravaganzas to Disney earworms to Bond themes to power ballads — are the highlight of an already ridiculously flashy ceremony.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
Before this year's show, see some of the biggest moments from past halftime extravaganzas in the gallery above.
—
Jeff Suess,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
16 Jan. 2026
Netflix 'The Life of Chuck' Based on the Stephen King novella, director Mike Flanagan's supremely joyous character study – the best movie of 2025 – involves an apocalypse, multiple dance extravaganzas and a haunted attic.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
The venue is suited for musical performances from string quartets and small orchestras to vocal extravaganzas.
—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Nov. 2025
His Christmas Eve shows were extravaganzas that involved holiday tunes and sound clips.
—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Advertisers still crave the broad, simultaneous viewership such extravaganzas generate, and marketers that in the past might not have spent heavily on sports now see new reasons to do so.
—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extravaganzas
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Her daughters Charli, 6, and Lacie Lou, 4, have been competing in pageants since a very young age, with Charli making her stage debut at just 8 months old.
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Immersive museums, covered wagon campgrounds, pageants, and hands-on historical sites breathe life into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books and make her characters come alive.
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Meanwhile, companies and government agencies like YouTube, Harley-Davidson, Meta and NASA will also have exhibits at the fair.
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With more than 50 exhibits in the show, it’s bound to be a far-out adventure.
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Beyond manufacturing, The Yard includes a design studio, a bespoke consultation room for custom frame commissions, a training academy for opticians and makers, and a growing archive of historic spectacles spanning more than two centuries.
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According to Blair, originality, practical filmmaking and emerging voices matter more than franchises and giant visual effects spectacles.
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Andrew Raftery Two forceful exhibitions have shown how Indian artists and presses met the cultural upheaval of the nineteenth century with lithographic prints that rendered Hindu gods more approachable and helped to galvanize national identity.
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Alongside his acting career, Baker had, by the 1970s, established himself as a painter and sculpture with exhibitions in prominent galleries in Los Angeles, New York, and New England.
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The patriotic spectaculars are part of the team’s celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.
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Pyrotechnic spectaculars thrill us with movement, surprise, poignant impermanence — and those qualities distinguish dance, as well.
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“Extravaganzas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extravaganzas. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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