spectacle
Example Sentences
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For Guler, photography was about truth rather than spectacle, she said.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
“CNN seeks to be a stethoscope attached to the hypothetical heart of the war, and to present us with its hypothetical pulse,” the French theorist Jean Baudrillard wrote, critiquing the conflict as a media spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
But if you’re old enough to remember the Megyn Kelly of the pre-pandemic years, the spectacle could give you a touch of whiplash.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
As millions watched Indiana point guard Tyrese Haliburton turn the 2025 National Basketball Association Finals into a spectacle, an artificial-intelligence-generated ad came across screens between possessions for Kalshi: “The world’s gone mad, trade it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Boys pushed their neighbors out of whatever desks they chose while Mr. Mwila looked on at the whole spectacle, nodding to himself.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing spectacle
Party Parlance for Mardi Gras
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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Chains
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