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fanfare

[fan-fair] / ˈfæn fɛər /


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TfW said they didn't launch the tram-trains with a "big fanfare" and opted for a customer testing approach as they feared they "might come out of service".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Grapes: In the mid-1800s a horticulturist in Massachusetts invented the perfect grape, to much fanfare.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

That is extraordinarily optimistic, given that Muse, for all its fanfare, only has around 2.5 million daily active users now, per Sensor Tower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Among Quebecers there is a rare way of helping: discreet, sincere, without fanfare," he wrote in October 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

I was about to turn down Halliday’s street when I heard a fanfare of trumpets.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The state banquet is the spectacular showstopper of a state visit, a glittering feast with speeches, royal toasts, trumpet fanfares and fancy food and wine.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

It pays homage to classic Hollywood scores about ancient Rome, namely Miklós Rózsa’s “Ben-Hur,” with brass fanfares and stately processionals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

Bley’s influential body of work included delicate chamber miniatures and rugged, blaring fanfares, with a lot of varied terrain in between.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

But under Mälkki’s baton, and with this orchestra — Sibelius’s sound world etched in its bones — “Finlandia” was newly disarming, modestly dignified in its touching harmonies and iron-willed fanfares.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

Horns blew fanfares as Lionstar and Lady Lyanna pushed out from shore, moving downriver to clear the way for Seaswift.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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