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Recent Examples of éclat
People reports that each panel of her dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads.
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Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 6 July 2019
Each panel of Turner’s dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads.
—Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2019
Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 6 July 2019
Each panel of Turner’s dress was embroidered with 50,400 crystal eclats and 50,400 white beads.
—Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for éclat
Noun
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No other professional sport treats its opening day with as much pomp and ceremony as baseball, in which flashbacks of openers from the past are always most welcome.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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But behind the Cold War pomp and propaganda, Camp Century formed a testing ground for a clandestine mission known as Project Iceworm.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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But seeing his players’ dreams come true never gets old, and after a 48-hour period that included both the draft and the Huskies’ championship parade through downtown Hartford, the longtime head coach is certainly feeling a boost.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the country, the festival is marked by colorful parades, traditional music and dance, family reunions, and a spirit of community and togetherness.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 July 2022
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Last week, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine and Gergiev prepared to lead the Vienna Philharmonic in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the usual mummery was unfolding.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2022
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Marvel recently announced a line-up of 27 A List actors who will star in the super hero extravaganza headlined by Robert Downey Jr.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The fashion extravaganza has a great public program too with events throughout the city open to both locals and visitors.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Smith, who ran her own pet grooming business, devoted herself entirely to Piper’s pageant pursuits.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Knowing how petty Donald Trump is, please keep in mind that the following story may be entirely the result of a 2002 disagreement over beauty pageants.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The standalone video app launched in 2018 with much fanfare but was quietly folded back into Instagram just a few years later.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Educational technology must now provide continuous uptime, swift responsiveness, and scalability, without fanfare or excess excuses.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The red carpet, staged across from the theater’s towering marquee, had its own spectacle.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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Buckle up for this globe-trotting, CGI-heavy adventure that combines apocalyptic spectacle and family drama in the least pretentious way possible.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The launch party is giving Bronner Brothers realness—edge control, elegance, and a hint of old-school ATL pageantry.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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That’s a lot of pregame pageantry for one team to take.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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