raree-show

as in exhibit
an elaborate, visually exciting show or event no longer the mechanisms by which nominees are actually chosen, party conventions are mostly raree-shows for rallying the faithful

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Noun
  • However, knowing that this year's exhibit explores the figure of the Black dandy, suit silhouettes like the Zoot suit or those of the Sapeurs originating in the Congo can be expected.
    María Munsuri, Glamour, 4 May 2025
  • Taking into account the restaurants and food stands, interactive and educational exhibits, shops, and the arena itself, rodeo grounds can be as large as the event announcers’ personalities.
    Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Most designers would find such a project daunting: To create 500 costumes for a theatrical spectacular that is part-cabaret, part-circus, with a budget of $14 million, more than 100 performers and lashings of Swarovski crystals.
    Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Review: Joyful 'Coco' breaks from the Pixar pack as a Mexican musical spectacular Who's making 'Coco 2'?
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This new solo exhibition—her first in the United States, her first as a mother, and her most vulnerable yet—features 13 oil paintings Showering made during this intense period of change.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 8 May 2025
  • The gala’s coinciding exhibition at the Met was curated by author Monica L. Miller and rooted in her 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
    Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • This follows years where the display wasn’t allowed by the National Park Service under then-President Joe Biden.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Six are recent donations or loans to the museum from descendants of the Austen family that are going on public display for the first time.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hudson will try to win a beauty pageant in her home state of Maine, and will face an uncommon opponent Hudson will be competing in the Miss Maine USA Beauty Pageant later this month after finishing as the first runner-up in last year’s contest.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
  • Enter Heidi Gardner dressed like a pageant queen, but with a gown made entirely from toilet paper.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Raree-show.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raree-show. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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