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 students of the Aburi Girls Boarding School in central Ghana have gathered to perform for a recruiter from the Miss Ghana pageant. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026 Naturally, this threatens Jasmine’s spot at the top of the food chain, and tension — especially with the pageant approaching — increases. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026 And is a beauty pageant really a healthy way for teenage girls to judge themselves anyway? — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 The pageant queen, who was previously crowned Miss Nevada USA and most recently represented America at the Miss World competition in Vietnam, has been raising awareness of the disease on pageant stages across the United States and the world. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pageant

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Noun

Shapiro told Semafor that he’ll be focused on passing a few specific items if his party wins full control of the government — not a parade of progressive bills, as Democrats in some swing states have done after winning the legislature.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Start your trick-or-treating as early as noon at local businesses and stick around for family-friendly fun, vendors, entertainment, and of course the parade and costume contest.

— Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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Major museums, including the Louvre, the Orsay Museum, the Picasso Museum and the Grand Palais — where a major Cézanne exhibit is on display — were shuttered Saturday.

— Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
The exhibition celebrates these workers, many of them immigrants, through exhibits like the photographs of Robert Doisneau, who worked for Renault full-time from 1934 to 1939.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhibit

Noun

Users can scroll through webpages, pinch to zoom in on photos, drag and drop slides between presentations, and move windows around the screen using touch gestures.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
This year was the first time Lorena Silva and her sisters put together their own presentation at Hollywood Forever, after collaborating with their aunt for the previous eight years.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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The 67th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show opened Wednesday across six waterfront venues, welcoming thousands of visitors for day one of what is billed as the world’s largest in-water boat exhibition.

— Mike Stocker, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
At the Academy Museum, which opened in 2021 and runs roughly 600 repertory screenings a year alongside exhibitions across four floors, Homma says the brief extends well beyond North American film history.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhibition

Noun

The dedication and imagination and sheer extravagance of the cosplayers provides the city with a constant rolling panorama of personalities.

— John Bleasdale, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Etereo, a sky bar and restaurant whose spectacular 360-degree panorama of the city encompasses the Duomo, Galleria, Castello Sforzesco and the Porta Nuova skyscrapers.

— Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

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To hear it from Obsession’s visual effects supervisor Peter Timberlake, the scene is more than just violence for the spectacle of violence’s sake.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
The first sporting spectacle to land in the region will be the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of spectacle

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Investigators found in a closet dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags lining the top shelf, many pairs of Christian Louboutin boots and a display case full of handbags made of exotic furs.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Items including flan and cheese cake in front display case and guacamole, rice and cheese dip in walk-in cooler lacking date mark.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of display

Noun

Throughout the performance, Seth Rogen, Andrew Watt and Sombr made cameos before the two-song spectacular came to an end.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
Those who visit annually or several times during the year are deeply passionate about the live shows, character meet-and-greets, holiday food specials, seasonal festivals and parades and nighttime spectaculars that these parks provide.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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