ceremonious
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Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Early on in its history, Long Beach Opera, originally Long Beach Grand Opera, found the “grand” too ceremonious and increasingly scaled back to experimental, in-your-face intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
During a ceremonious Mass, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the Ulma family signed last month by Pope Francis.
From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2023
Thirty-five years later the world's five-billionth baby is trying to forget his ceremonious entry into the world.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022
The two-foot span arched above Bigwig, who sat perfectly still while the white feathers beat the air round his head in a kind of ceremonious farewell.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing ceremonious
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Merchant of Venice
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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