spectacle
Example Sentences
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The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
One former SNP head of communications claimed "a routine process" had been turned into a "grotesque spectacle".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Drivers passing the spectacle honked their horns in support.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Horace Walpole called the Venetian Jubilee of April 1749 “the prettiest spectacle I ever saw,” though there was “nothing Venetian about it,” apart from a shallow canal and a “sort of gondola” loaded with musicians.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Then the strangest thing happened: The clouds parted and the sun burst out, flooding the spectacle.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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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