as in loud
excessively showy
the razzle-dazzle floor show is simply further evidence that Las Vegas doesn't go in for understatement
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Recent Examples of razzle-dazzle
Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Exhibition Hub’s 90 or so shows, which have been seen by 10 million people worldwide, balance razzle-dazzle and high-tech video projections alongside interactive replicas, photo opps, and historical text.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
The Bay Area could soon be getting a new razzle-dazzle Benihana restaurant.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
This shouldn’t discourage you from using Slides, however, since the graphic razzle-dazzle in the rival apps serves mostly to distract from the actual content.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Glean does this by anchoring in outcomes with no razzle-dazzle or hype, much like their CEO.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Exhibition Hub’s 90 or so shows, which have been seen by 10 million people worldwide, balance razzle-dazzle and high-tech video projections alongside interactive replicas, photo opps, and historical text.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
The Bay Area could soon be getting a new razzle-dazzle Benihana restaurant.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
This shouldn’t discourage you from using Slides, however, since the graphic razzle-dazzle in the rival apps serves mostly to distract from the actual content.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for razzle-dazzle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for razzle-dazzle
Adjective
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Arrowhead first set the Guinness world record for loudest stadium in 2013.—
Nate Taylor,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Polite applause follows each performance, with occasional loud cheering and outbursts of awe.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The sheer volume of content created far outpaces what audiences can consume, leading to a noisy, crowded digital ecosystem.—
Luca Brinkhues,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Its lineup interspersed noisy no wave groups like Pop Music Fever Dream and Pure Adult, upbeat pop-rock performances from bands like Um, Jennifer?—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Five Strategic Lessons For A CMO’s Met Gala Playbook The Met Gala is a little bit celebrity pageantry, and a lot of savvy marketing built on smart, long-game cultural fluency.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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But Trump, despite his love of pageantry and TV-ready set pieces, has not visited the border since taking office.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Transparent — these see-through beauts with wrap-up ankle straps are in a league of their own, saying a lot without ever appearing too flashy.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
15 Mar. 2025
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Amid the classic, flashy film and television premieres this week at SXSW, the festival also offered a forum for burgeoning creators to showcase their work in the Independent TV Pilot Program.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Racetracks like Saratoga have attempted to make the weekend a spectacle, with bands and activities throughout the races in hopes of showing the greatness of horse racing and what a day at the track looks like.—
Spencer Ripchik,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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The spectacle, unintended yet symbolic, brought a moment of reflection—a metaphor for the uneasy embrace between nature and technology.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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After investigating Bill's office (and finding the knife), Bowen arrests Bill to great fanfare from the press.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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First look at Porto’s restaurant and bar coming to Downtown Disney Porto’s decision to open a Downtown Disney location on the site of the former La Brea Bakery was announced to much fanfare during the D23 Expo in 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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In an incisive observation of the way that an adult’s words can sometimes settle on a child with unusual weight, I-Jing absorbs this folk superstition without question, and begins to shoplift gaudy trinkets from surrounding market stalls, only ever using her evil left hand.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Kentucky’s Andy Beshear boasts a positively gaudy 68% approval rating in his deep-red state, the highest of any Democratic governor in the country, according to Morning Consult’s nationwide survey.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Noun
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There was a moment early in the season at Stamford Bridge when — amid all the ceremony and pomp that comes before a modern Premier League game — Nikola Milenkovic stood perfectly still.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Extra pomp doesn’t have to skew antiquated, either, as several modern variations from upscale brands like Sferra and Annie Selke illustrate.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 May 2025
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“Razzle-dazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/razzle-dazzle. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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