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Recent Examples of pageantry
Princess Kate's holiday concert is also being celebrated with 15 community carol services across the U.K. during December, and the Westminster Abbey pageantry will later be broadcast as part of the Royal Carols: Together at Christmas special airing on ITV1 and ITVX on Christmas Eve.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Beyond the pageantry, new matchups and varied backdrops will make for a season ripe for travel snafus and lessons learned.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
Indeed, the vote depicted in Conclave is a highly choreographed affair involving pageantry, secret ballots — and plenty of backstabbing.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The pageantry of a ’90s teen comedy cannot be ignored.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Beyond the pageantry, new matchups and varied backdrops will make for a season ripe for travel snafus and lessons learned.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
Indeed, the vote depicted in Conclave is a highly choreographed affair involving pageantry, secret ballots — and plenty of backstabbing.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The pageantry of a ’90s teen comedy cannot be ignored.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pageantry
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The latest currency, the world’s newest, came with pomp and fanfare — promotional catchy jingles and songs played repeatedly on public radio, television and online.Farai Mutsaka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Magic Kingdom dropped its pomp greeting to fans for its nightly fireworks display.Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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The project has been beset by delays, legal challenges, rocketing costs, and the emotionally complicated spectacle of very old Holocaust survivors speaking both in favor and against it.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Amorim acted on 33 minutes in what became a brutal, surreal spectacle.Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Ukraine Slows Missile Fire: With much fanfare, Ukraine was granted permission to fire Western long-range missiles into Russia.Marc Santora, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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But this year, the fifth season of their Hulu show, The Kardashians, passed by without fanfare or, more importantly, headlines.Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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Castel Di Luco, Le Marche, Italy Like many of Italy’s most impressive accommodations, the newly reborn Castel di Luco isn’t a place of ostentation.Ann Abel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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There is colorful high polish without distracting ostentation to the design contributions, from Nick Haight’s widescreen cinematography and Ciana Vernon’s production design to Owen Pallett’s sometimes-ironical original score.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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Yet famous faces aside, Aspen’s lure lies way beyond its glitz and glamor.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Great Gatsby Bringing glitz and glamor to New York City in a whole new way is The Great Gatsby, which opened at Broadway Theatre in April 2024.Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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On stage at British television’s biggest annual gathering in 2023, Paramount UK content chief Ben Frow recounted the story of his resignation with signature flamboyance.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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As originally voiced by Jeremy Irons, Scar had a sinewy, slithery flamboyance that turned him into an unlikely gay icon.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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In a rare show of force, Fatah held a military parade in Ramallah last week to celebrate its founding, its fighters firing into the air.Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
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Seizing on the parade of scandal and turmoil, at least eight challengers are vying to make Mr. Adams a one-term mayor.William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Adding to the festive razzmatazz—and unquestionably broadening the appeal of the games—Beyoncé, arguably Houston's most-famous daughter, has been drafted in as the half-time performer during the Ravens-Texans matchup.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The authentic storytelling these players offer, linked to nature and evoking a simple, slow lifestyle, as well as their ability to create feel-good moments around convivial occasions without the razzmatazz often surrounding fashion events is what the designer appreciates most.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Pageantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pageantry. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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