spectacle
Example Sentences
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For Guler, photography was about truth rather than spectacle, she said.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
As well as fewer journalists, there were fewer guests in the stands, and fewer world leaders had flown in for the spectacle.
From BBC • May 9, 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
The sun was melting onto Roundtop Ridge, a puddle of pinks and reds and violets, and the bubble nests mirrored the spectacle.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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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