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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
Scott was months away from graduating from Penn State University when she was killed and was a competitor in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant.
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Interviews will be held on Saturday, April 11 and the pageant will be held on Sunday, April 12.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Sims is a former Miss Teen USA beauty pageant contestant.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The beauty queen won five pageants — Miss West Coast, Miss Nuestra Belleza USA, Miss Fresno County, Miss Regional West and Miss California Congeniality.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Interviews will be held on Saturday, April 11 and the pageant will be held on Sunday, April 12.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Sims is a former Miss Teen USA beauty pageant contestant.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The beauty queen won five pageants — Miss West Coast, Miss Nuestra Belleza USA, Miss Fresno County, Miss Regional West and Miss California Congeniality.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pageant
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Framed by a vaulted ceiling and two floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that doubled as windows, features appeared in a parade of luxe natural materials—stone, linen, cotton, wood—in soothing neutral tones of cream and white, oatmeal and brown.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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State lawmakers in one committee asked about how the bill could impact pride parades and the safety of participants.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Angie Marchese, vice president of archives and exhibits at Graceland, came up with a few more boxes of unseen footage, a stash of Super 8 movies of Elvis that included rare footage of Elvis with his wife, Priscilla Presley, and only child, Lisa Marie Presley.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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At an exhibit of graphic war posters, alongside a small hole in the ceiling from a shell, a sign read, art as practiced by general franco.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Davidson himself attended the BAFTA Awards and his frequent, involuntary outbursts punctuated host Alan Cumming’s introduction and several of the early award presentations.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Under the direction of House Culinary Advisor Chef Ricardo Chaneton, the menu takes cues from the coasts of Italy, France, and Spain, balancing comforting flavors with refined presentations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Ditch the gallery guide and let the city's alleys be your curator for some street art, from Central's technicolor to Tsuen Wan's factory facades turned art installations and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center's open-air exhibitions.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Mayweather has fought in eight exhibition matches since, the last one coming against John Gotti III — the grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti — in Mexico City in August 2024.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Focusing too narrowly on the recent defeats relating to DEI obscures that panorama.—
Kenji Yoshino,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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The dolls were like sketches, and among the pieces born from these miniature looks was a flapper dress inspired by Bal Bullier, the Belle Époque Parisian dance hall that, in 1913, Sonia Delaunay famously depicted in a panorama of moving color.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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The system processed Gehry's architectural legacy and reimagined it as a fluid, morphing, digital spectacle.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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But even as the climb was unfolding, disapproval about the spectacle poured out in various corners of the Internet.—
Outside,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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But several metal frames that once held interpretive displays remain bare.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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When then-Mayor Bill de Blasio went to the hospital to visit Ramos and Liu’s families, cops there turned their back on him in a dramatic display of anger.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 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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Nerds’ ad will air during the second quarter of the gridiron spectacular.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Pageant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pageant. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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