Thesaurus results for PAGEANT

pageant

noun

ˈpa-jənt

Definition of pageant

as in parade

a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes we always put on a Christmas pageant every year

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as in exhibit

an elaborate, visually exciting show or event an annual summertime pageant depicting the town's founding and colorful early history

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Recent Examples of pageant The trio, each of whom has completely opposing personas, of course, set out on a road trip from New York City to Los Angeles in a vintage Cadillac to attend the Drag Queen of America pageant. — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 July 2026 After 57 years, the annual pageant moved from Hot Springs to Little Rock after the resort city was unable to accommodate the event. — Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026 When the first place beauty queen commits suicide, her best friend, in order to win the pageant, starts to wear the dead friend’s face. — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 July 2026 Whereas this evening in the Spanish Gothic madhouse of the United Theater, most every song from Melanie’s Hadean pageant is received with near word-perfect communalism. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pageant

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Noun

With two eclipses and a parade of planets changing signs, the cosmos is bringing more than enough intrigue to keep the drama alive and breathing.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Despite having roughly 850 law enforcement officers along the parade route and at the rally, shots rang out as people were beginning to leave.

— Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of parade

Noun

The exhibit's visitors can get a chilling feel for the time, with full scale recreations of the annex rooms where Anne and her family hid from the Nazis.

— Marie Saavedra, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Visitors will move through cave-like interiors centered on an interactive exhibit named Elysium.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhibit

Noun

The hearing will also feature presentations from representatives of insurance companies.

— Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
The best part of the competition is taking a deep dive into a specific topic, Wadkins said, and also listening to the other students’ presentations to learn more about a specific time or person in history.

— Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The exhibition will include paintings, metalwork, jade, ceramics, glass, and architectural elements, some of which connect directly to a decades-long connection between the Louvre and the NMAA.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
The altarpiece’s restoration was completed in time for a major Fra Angelico exhibition at the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco in Florence last fall.

— News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhibition

Noun

In later iterations, Reihana retitled the panorama In Pursuit of Venus [infected], for the astronomy project and rape joke at the heart of wallpaper’s story.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
The Sunday, July 19, and Monday, July 20, 360-degree panorama shows the honeycomb-like patterns stretching across the landscape as far as the rover can see.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of panorama

Noun

Two years after April 8, 2024’s North American eclipse, NASA is once again preparing to broadcast one of nature’s greatest spectacles live.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
But for those craving something other than epic spectacle, Universal is stacking the lineup by releasing the small-scale romcom One Night Only, starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of spectacle

Noun

His monstrous power should be on full display this afternoon and result in a home run.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
While four of the zoo’s lions are in the process of recovery, three others remain sick, according to officials, who said that the animals’ health was their first priority and that they had been suspended from public display.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of display

Noun

Viewing instructions for Epic Universe theme park’s new nighttime spectacular could well be to look up, down and all around.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
The patriotic spectaculars are part of the team’s celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

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