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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
Black History Month can easily become a pageant of safely distant heroes.
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Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
Do dogs even care about beauty-pageant success?
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Figure skating is like a pageant wrapped in a game show with a little bit of reality show thrown in.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The finale is, fittingly, D&G’s tribute to Puccini and Verdi and the grand pageant that is Italian opera.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
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Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
Do dogs even care about beauty-pageant success?
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Figure skating is like a pageant wrapped in a game show with a little bit of reality show thrown in.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The finale is, fittingly, D&G’s tribute to Puccini and Verdi and the grand pageant that is Italian opera.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pageant
Noun
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Finally, if you’re ever called on to drive in a parade, a convertible is the only way to go.—
Jason Fogelson,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The district also has participated for years in the city’s annual Cesar Chavez parade, which Austin leaders canceled Wednesday.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Installations and special exhibits like a holiday light show further the wow factor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
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Upcoming collaboration with the Nelson Atkins Otero is also working on a collaboration with the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art for its new art exhibit featuring Czech artist Alphonse Mucha and the spirit of art nouveau.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
Updated March 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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Schwanz took part in an on-court presentation alongside Bonnell’s daughter, Claire, The Charlotte Observer’s executive sports editor Lydia Craver and Charlotte Hornets Foundation director Whitney Tarver.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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After a presentation by NMNH Director Kirk Johnson and postdoctoral fellow Sarah Johnson, representatives of the Sicangu and Oglala Lakota saw the statues off on their journey.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The exhibition is only a first glimpse of the much larger collection that will soon be on view in the new museum in Jerusalem.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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That meticulous trompe-l’oeil effect is just one of countless tricks that Gnoli had up his sleeve, as evidenced in the survey at Lévy Gorvy Dayan—the largest American exhibition of Gnoli’s œuvre since 1969.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
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The top-floor suites come with expansive terraces and knockout views across Rome’s domes and cupolas – the kind of panorama that turns a sunset into a private show.—
Vicki Power,
TheWeek,
23 Mar. 2026
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Here revelers can soak up the sun, nibble on snacks from Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s J&G Grill (which houses a decadent 13,000-bottle wine cellar), or take in the panorama of the mountains above or the scene at the multilevel heated pool below.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Rather than treating military power as spectacle, this category focuses on function.—
Interesting Engineering,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The comments section became its own spectacle.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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AJC.com,
AJC.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The display far surpassed the previous benchmark of 500 sandwiches.—
Tassanee Vejpongsa,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Nothing this spectacular happens by accident.—
Jordan Robinson,
SELF,
19 Mar. 2026
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For Valentine’s Day, their biggest day of the year, the shop will lean into the spectacular.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Pageant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pageant. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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