spectacle
Example Sentences
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The story, they kept saying, was not supposed to be about Andy Kim, or pepper balls, or the spectacle outside the gates.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Speaking to the BBC before his Afropolitan House O2 spectacle, he's calm - despite the scale of the occasion.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Horace Walpole called the Venetian Jubilee of April 1749 “the prettiest spectacle I ever saw,” though there was “nothing Venetian about it,” apart from a shallow canal and a “sort of gondola” loaded with musicians.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Not that he had any intention of using it today—it was merely a part of the spectacle.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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