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extravaganza

[ik-strav-uh-gan-zuh] / ɪkˌstræv əˈgæn zə /


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Canada became the first non-EU country to join its defence procurement program, and the prime minister was involved in Canada joining the pop culture extravaganza Eurovision.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Even so, Tuesday she faced an orchestra that had just returned a week earlier from a grueling U.K. tour with Dudamel before jumping into the emotional and grueling farewell Bowl extravaganza.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Poltergeist” was, notably, a summertime Amblin release that similarly riffed on classic creature scares — updating dusty, old ghost tropes with new ideas — much like Mitchell does with his dino-time-travel extravaganza.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

"It is a two-hour extravaganza as the Moon slowly covers the Sun and then moves away again so it is not just one glimpse, and it is really dangerous to keep looking."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

In the fourth round, Bobby became involved in a 108-move extravaganza, a chess ultra-marathon that stretched to more than seven hours.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

This was also the heyday of traveling extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows, which featured hundreds of performers re-enacting frontier battles and showing off their hunting and sharpshooting skills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

Grand Slams used to be fortnight-long events but are increasingly becoming three-week extravaganzas, with the Australian Open leading the way.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Trump hosted WrestleMania extravaganzas at his hotels and made numerous appearances at matches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

There’s a fascinatingly wide array of big titles leaving Netflix in the United States in March — everything from kiddie cartoons to star-heavy dramas to action extravaganzas.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

A few times on weekends, I’ve sat reading by the front door, thinking they might ask me to go with them on one of their zoo trips or after-running pancake extravaganzas, but they never do.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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