spectacle
Example Sentences
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Many critiques of the show - accusations of style over substance, glamorising trauma and prioritising spectacle - were there from the very beginning.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
There is also a June 12 press conference for the UFC spectacle that’s slated to take place at the Lincoln Memorial.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
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
More than a spectacle, the event was meant to serve as what Mr. Bordewich calls a “grand theater of national harmony where Americans could come together again in a performance of patriotic self-affirmation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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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