as in spectacle
the impressive decorations, music, clothing etc., that are part of some formal events
the pomp of a royal ceremony
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Recent Examples of pomp
But behind the Cold War pomp and propaganda, Camp Century formed a testing ground for a clandestine mission known as Project Iceworm.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
All this pomp and preservation, of course, only obscures the reality of what is happening.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The Black History Month reception held at the White House on Thursday had all of the pomp of celebrations past.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Many high-end restaurants, especially in Texas, try to offer fancy tacos at inflated prices without delivering anything worthy of the cost or pomp.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
All this pomp and preservation, of course, only obscures the reality of what is happening.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The Black History Month reception held at the White House on Thursday had all of the pomp of celebrations past.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Many high-end restaurants, especially in Texas, try to offer fancy tacos at inflated prices without delivering anything worthy of the cost or pomp.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pomp
Noun
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Throughout the show, she was seen recording and dancing along to Gaga’s Viva La Mayhem spectacle.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes death is itself the spectacle, the thing that people are really here to see, as in the double-suicide of Romeo + Juliet.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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In another timeline, Joel Souza’s Rust would come and go with mild fanfare and maybe some critical praise.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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Let a pair of Dries Van Noten sneakers anchor the look with minimal fanfare.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The silverware would give them something to show off during next Monday’s parade.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Along the parade route, even homeowners joined in, dousing attendees using garden hoses and tossing water balloons from their driveways.—
Christopher Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2025
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April 23, 2025 But a papal funeral is a papal funeral, and those present for the funeral Mass on Saturday, along with millions watching online or on TV around the world, will still observe a solemn moment involving sumptuous Catholic pageantry.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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More than a decade after Gone With the Wind’s silver screen debut, O’Connor published a story satirizing the gala’s pageantry.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Pomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pomp. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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