spectacle
Example Sentences
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Mix in perpetual futures, which never expire and allow massive leverage, and you have a spectacle that isn’t too dissimilar from watching people play an adrenaline-rushing videogame.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
For Guler, photography was about truth rather than spectacle, she said.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
As well as fewer journalists, there were fewer guests in the stands, and fewer world leaders had flown in for the spectacle.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Despite his lack of governance know-how, Pratt is versed in the art of spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
This spectacle of another’s suffering and sacrifice rapt my thoughts from exclusive meditation on my own.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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