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noisy and exciting activity meant to attract attention
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Recent Examples of razzmatazz
There was enough razzmatazz to satiate this reporter’s inner child.
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M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
High-energy, the sequence features a combination of showtime razzmatazz – the tiny toon students, which once more include Babs and Buster, dancing down a staircase in top hats – and inormal university activities such as football.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2023
Despite the unsettling subject matter there are also moments of charm, wit and even a razzmatazz number to act as a respite from the weight of grief, outrage and the ghosts of history.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz, and perhaps a broader range of people being involved.
—Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
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M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
High-energy, the sequence features a combination of showtime razzmatazz – the tiny toon students, which once more include Babs and Buster, dancing down a staircase in top hats – and inormal university activities such as football.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2023
Despite the unsettling subject matter there are also moments of charm, wit and even a razzmatazz number to act as a respite from the weight of grief, outrage and the ghosts of history.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz, and perhaps a broader range of people being involved.
—Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for razzmatazz
Noun
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Coldplay’s Australian tour has been met with major fanfare, partly due to the band’s first performances in the country since 2016.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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The hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of his birth, on October 20th, passed with little fanfare.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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In many cultures, dark reds are associated with pomp, circumstance, and displays of power.Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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The scenes of pomp and fanfare were a constant throughout the day, which closed with Kim escorting Putin to his plane late in the evening ahead of his trip to Vietnam.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 19 June 2024
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San Jose’s Veterans Day parade, set to start at noon, will go on, rain or shine.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The Irish theater company had previously staged a yearly Halloween parade in Dublin beginning in 2013, but there was none planned for this year, per The Independent.Abigail Adams, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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While another golden retriever, Banks, went viral when his owner shared a fairly long list of the things that frighten him, including tarps, frogs, boxes, Halloween decorations and even feather dusters.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The carousel then featured shots of Khai with some friends, as well as Halloween decorations, pumpkin decorating, Hadid’s skeleton costume and a snap of Khai trick or treating.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lensed by Tina Barney, the shoot depicts Ratajkowski in a beauty pageant.Hannah Malach, WWD, 2 Nov. 2024
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That’s why Elle’s character and Pete Seeger, Edward’s character, and Joan Baez, of course, and many others are more than just passing through in a kind of Hall of Presidents pageant.Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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The route of embalming, viewing, coffin, and burial, at this stage in history, can seem a bit too Egyptian pharaoh—comically false, a parade of pageantry and expense that only goes so far to mitigate the pain of loss.Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The other would become the crown jewel of the parade’s unabashedly hokey pageantry: its collection of majestic balloons, beginning with a two-story Felix the Cat in 1927.Michael Callahan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Razzmatazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/razzmatazz. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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