pageants

noun

plural of pageant
1
as in parades
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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2
as in exhibits
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 pageants Her daughters Charli, 6, and Lacie Lou, 4, have been competing in pageants since a very young age, with Charli making her stage debut at just 8 months old. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 Immersive museums, covered wagon campgrounds, pageants, and hands-on historical sites breathe life into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books and make her characters come alive. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026 From competitive cheerleading and dance to beauty pageants, my mother put me in it all. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 June 2026 For adult pageants, the organization will send Lianet Aguilera to Miss Supranational and Juan Daniel Naranjo to Mister Supranational, both contests held in Poland. — Sarah Moreno may 31, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026 As a teenager, Bajaria helped her immigrant family’s business, washing cars before winning a string of beauty pageants, including Miss India Worldwide in 1991. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 May 2026 The festival includes dancing, singing, and beauty pageants. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026 The world’s first boardwalk opened here in 1870, and by the early 20th century, Atlantic City had become one of America’s great leisure capitals, home to grand seaside hotels, beauty pageants, and supper clubs, frequented by legendary performers like Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and The Beatles. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026 Now in its 79th year, the festival features crab races—including the Governor’s Cup—cooking contests, live music, parades, pageants, running events, and boat docking competitions. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pageants
  1. parades
  2. exhibits
  3. presentations
  4. exhibitions
  5. panoramas
  6. spectacles
  7. extravaganzas
  8. displays
Noun
  • The parades — accompanied by dances, music and song — draw large crowds and tourists every year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Another term for a certain kind of planetary alignment, planet parades are what happens when planets line up along the ecliptic in a straight line and appear to us on Earth to be marching across the night sky, according to NASA.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of parades
Noun
  • Visitors can poke around in buildings like the soldiers’ barracks, the hospital, the officers’ quarters, and the Catholic chapel, many of which contain period artifacts and informative exhibits.
    — Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
  • Among the State Fair’s dozens of exhibits, performances and other activities, these experiences are must-dos for any attendee this year.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of exhibits
Noun
  • Sweden’s Petra Fagerström will make her LFW runway debut, while Francesca Lake and Gui Rosa will put on their first LFW presentations.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 July 2026
  • In 2009, the Directors’ Guild and the Writers’ Guild objected when the TV Academy revealed a plan to pre-tape award presentations in eight categories before the show.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of presentations
Noun
  • The Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) has appointed Kevin Tervala chief of curatorial affairs and exhibitions.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 July 2026
  • Eastern Shore Art Center Fairhope’s creative spirit is on full display at the Eastern Shore Art Center, where rotating exhibitions showcase regional artists alongside workshops, lectures, and community events.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Definition of exhibitions
Noun
  • Reached by several hundred steps, the summit rewards visitors with sweeping views across the town, islands and surrounding sea, one of Norway’s most memorable city panoramas.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • But what really blew me away was the sheer scale of the panoramas.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
Definition of panoramas
Noun
  • Euromonitor forecasts that the global eyewear industry (including contact lenses, spectacles, and sunglasses) will be worth $171 billion in 2026, up 4% in current terms.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 July 2026
  • The results are cinematic spectacles that demand to be seen on the biggest screens with the best sound systems.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Definition of spectacles
Noun
  • Today, her various closets are brimming with country clothes instead of the designer extravaganzas of yore.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • Then-Mayor John Lindsay had cut down on ticker-tape extravaganzas for financial and other reasons.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Definition of extravaganzas
Noun
  • The glasses feature dual micro OLED displays that combine to bring a merged 1920 x 1080 display in front of your eyes, with 1,200 nits of peak brightness and a 120-Hz refresh rate.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
  • Guests will have the opportunity to learn about Rainbow Cone’s colorful history through interactive experiences and displays while also getting to enjoy free samples of the sweet treat.
    — Jasmine Thompson, Midwest Living, 17 July 2026
Definition of displays

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