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fanfare

[fan-fair] / ˈfæn fɛər /


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This consigns him to history with ignominy but no fanfare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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

No online orders, and no fanfare or publicity.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Expect lots of fanfare over the sale, for the first time in the UK, of plug-in solar panels.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

This is followed by a triumphant fanfare and then the introduction of a gende, holy organ.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

For Bruckner, rising melodic scales, humongous fanfares with trumpets and horns and Wagner tubas galore and repeated patterns over and over by an unstoppable orchestra serve as injections of musical endorphins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

But all the fancy regal fanfares in the world on Tuesday might be drowned out by bigger realities.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023

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

During all this, there are synthesizer fanfares befitting a vintage video game, along with some drums and low bleats for drive and the occasional unsettling addition of high-pitched noises.

From New York Times ● May 8, 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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