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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
Figure skating is like a pageant wrapped in a game show with a little bit of reality show thrown in.
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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
The state and national pageants showcase the talents, brains and looks of the woman synonymous with American beauty.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Feb. 2026
At a pageant in Stephenville, Edythe measured the winner while Mary Kay supervised the rodeo queen’s makeup.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
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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
The state and national pageants showcase the talents, brains and looks of the woman synonymous with American beauty.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Feb. 2026
At a pageant in Stephenville, Edythe measured the winner while Mary Kay supervised the rodeo queen’s makeup.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pageant
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Wearing matching leather coats, the two chatted constantly, pointing at parade formations and singing along with performers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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The planetary parade is a reminder of how planets orbit around the sun and how their positions relative to Earth vary — a key factor scientists consider when planning missions to other planets such as Mars, Haviland noted.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The documents will visit museums in each city, with the exhibit remaining slightly longer than two weeks at each location.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Before the exhibit, both the ring and medal had been displayed in a glass case at a cousin’s auto body shop near Honolulu.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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On March 4, Loulou de Saison, the brand created by Chloé Harrouche in 2019, will host a presentation on the official calendar for the third season.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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That 72-46 win March 2, 2025 at Moody Center secured Texas a share of the SEC championship and the Longhorns celebrated afterward with a trophy presentation and cupcakes for head coach Vic Schaefer's 64th birthday.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
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Since the start of the sister cities partnership, elementary school students in Mariemont and Kharkiv have held joint art exhibitions, there have been student exchanges and politicians from the cities have visited each other.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Feb. 2026
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Like the Globetrotters and their perennial opponents the Washington Generals, the Snowballs will ultimately split into two teams and face off against each other in exhibition-style games, but also hope to play college teams and minor leaguers like the Kane County Cougars.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 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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Unfortunately for lunar enthusiasts in Africa and Europe, the spectacle will not be visible there.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
2 Mar. 2026
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There was an undercurrent of confidence across the collections, where designers weren’t chasing spectacle, but instead refining their codes and pushing them forward in thoughtful ways.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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This is paired with 8 GB of unified memory, either 256 GB or 512 GB of SSD storage, and a Liquid Retina display.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2026
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Additionally, a pair of bronze bison stands on permanent display in Humboldt Park, created for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition by Edward Kemeys (who also sculpted the lions outside the Art Institute).—
Doug George,
Chicago Tribune,
4 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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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 7 Mar. 2026.
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