as in fanfare
noisy and exciting activity meant to attract attention
show-business razzmatazz
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Recent Examples of razzmatazz
The follies’ ensemble dance scenes with the whole cast intermittently provides the show with period fun and plenty of costuming razzmatazz.
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
The whole matter unraveled soon after the Bears concluded their hourlong dog-and-pony show filled with more razzmatazz than a Blue Man Group performance.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
Some seventy per cent of the company’s business was partnering with real-estate developers, equipping units with its electromechanical razzmatazz.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
There was enough razzmatazz to satiate this reporter’s inner child.
—M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
The whole matter unraveled soon after the Bears concluded their hourlong dog-and-pony show filled with more razzmatazz than a Blue Man Group performance.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
Some seventy per cent of the company’s business was partnering with real-estate developers, equipping units with its electromechanical razzmatazz.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
There was enough razzmatazz to satiate this reporter’s inner child.
—M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for razzmatazz
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Key Details: Ford announced the redesign of the Expedition last fall to much fanfare for seemingly unending family-friendly features: new panoramic front screens, rear headrests designed to hold phones or tablets for viewing, and work lights in the cargo area and on the roof rails.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
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Secret ballots are cast and counted, in an arcane tallying system, and a victor is announced, to great fanfare.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2025
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And too much pomp, of the sort that is inextricable from a victory lap like this one, can threaten to kill the anarchic spirit of a show that thrives on spontaneity.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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The rowdy pomp and ceremony that accompanies a wedding march, meanwhile, is pointedly shown as not all that different from the film’s funeral processions — each soundtracked by the juddering snap and pop of cheap firecrackers.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Howie Roseman was also left bloodied after Friday’s parade.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Eagles Super Bowl parade and rally will be broadcast locally and streaming on Philadelphia news stations' YouTube pages.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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They would be used eventually, but not for long. 1980s recession leaves downtown in the dark In 1982, with the recession rocking Milwaukee, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce announced that the street decorations were being tossed out and not replaced.—
Chris Foran,
Journal Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2025
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The performances are haunting, the set decoration pristine, and the tension ever-intensifying.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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Miss Congeniality, a movie about a fake beauty pageant contestant, hits the streaming site on Feb. 1, while a movie about a real beauty pageant, Miss Italia Mustn't Die, comes out on Feb. 26.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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Marla, his second, hosted the Miss Universe pageant.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
1 Feb. 2025
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Before dinner, sip cocktails at one of the cafes surrounding Il Campo, where the city celebrates the centuries-old Palio — a fierce, bareback horse race filled with pageantry — twice a year.—
Carole Rosenblat,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
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During a presidential inauguration, where pomp and pageantry often take center stage, what the first lady or a future first lady wears can help humanize the president.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
20 Jan. 2025
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