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Recent Examples of fanfare
Most Hollywood stars make their red carpet debuts in their late teens or early 20s, usually without much fanfare and at relatively small-scale events.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
Damien Leone, the series’ gruesomely inventive writer-director, knows how to stage a splatter opera of an opening fanfare in which a family gets chopped to pieces.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
The hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of his birth, on October 20th, passed with little fanfare.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Coldplay’s Australian tour has been met with major fanfare, partly due to the band’s first performances in the country since 2016.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
Damien Leone, the series’ gruesomely inventive writer-director, knows how to stage a splatter opera of an opening fanfare in which a family gets chopped to pieces.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
The hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of his birth, on October 20th, passed with little fanfare.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Coldplay’s Australian tour has been met with major fanfare, partly due to the band’s first performances in the country since 2016.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanfare
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The neo-Georgian mansions of Bel Air or the old-school pomp and glamor of Hollywood Regency?Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Underneath its papal pomp and regal bearing, this thing is pulp through and through.Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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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
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Advertisement As a child he was fascinated by Native American traditions, which made far more sense to him than the pageantry of the church.Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jake Paul is an emblem of a generation starving for purpose while gorging on spectacle.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Even then the Italians loved a spritz In a period of political instability and uncertainty, the Colosseum was conceived as a way to unite the people of Rome under a shared spectacle.Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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Natalia Bryant fully brought the glitz and glam to Halloween 2024.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ramping up the glitz and glamour from last year’s launch shindig, The Hollywood Reporter Japan turned on the style once more for its Trailblazer Award Gala Party, held Wednesday night at The Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo’s Ginza district.Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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As the country continues to grapple with high youth unemployment and troubles in its real estate market, some Chinese shoppers are turning away from ostentation amid the economic uncertainty.Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 16 July 2024
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Though it may be overstated, ostentation is part of what makes the genre a culturally distinct global phenomenon.Julian Randall, Essence, 24 May 2024
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Todd Phillips, a one-time purveyor of boys-will-be-boys frat comedies, can’t seem to embrace the flamboyance of the genre.Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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The performance opened dramatically as Trevi and Becerra stormed the stage exuding confidence and charisma, reminiscent of ABBA’s disco-era flamboyance but with a modern twist.Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Boca foodie fans of Il Mulino also wanted some of that Broadway razzmatazz.Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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The follies’ ensemble dance scenes with the whole cast intermittently provides the show with period fun and plenty of costuming razzmatazz.Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
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“Fanfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanfare. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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