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[fan-fair] / ˈfæn fɛər /


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"Among Quebecers there is a rare way of helping: discreet, sincere, without fanfare," he wrote in October 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The drug companies announced the preliminary results in August to much fanfare.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

A ceremony for the attack’s 25th anniversary was starting, and he had come in quietly, head down, free from the fanfare that usually follows the surging Senate candidate.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

With that many still floating out there, officials say not to expect any fanfare when the last plate has finally been issued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Finally, several months and many letters later, without any fanfare and with just a cursory notification to me, they dropped the entire matter.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

For Bruckner, rising melodic scales, humongous fanfares with trumpets and horns and Wagner tubas galore and repeated patterns over and over by an unstoppable orchestra serve as injections of musical endorphins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

Some blocos are powered by behemoth sound trucks known as electric trios, others by small fanfares.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

But all the fancy regal fanfares in the world on Tuesday might be drowned out by bigger realities.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023

But under Mälkki’s baton, and with this orchestra — Sibelius’s sound world etched in its bones — “Finlandia” was newly disarming, modestly dignified in its touching harmonies and iron-willed fanfares.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

Horns blew fanfares as Lionstar and Lady Lyanna pushed out from shore, moving downriver to clear the way for Seaswift.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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