Act and Pageant

Act

Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.

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Pageant and act are semantically related. in showing topic. In some cases you can use "Pageant" instead a noun "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Pageant noun - A staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes.

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Act and pageant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Pageant".

Nearby Word: pageantry

old	old act	old pageant
best	best act	best pageant
small	small act	small pageant
actual	actual act	actual pageant
Other adjectives: entire, big, little, new, next, said.

Persona Non Grata: The pageant holders inform Olive's family that they won't press charges for their behavior during Olive's talent act, on the condition that they never enter her in another Little Miss pageant in the state of California.

Source: Film / Little Miss Sunshine
In the episode's final act, Sam is under pressure to maintain his leapee's original third-place finish in the pageant (since she used the money she won to go to school and become a doctor).

Source: Series / Quantum Leap
Hypocrite: The whole pageant, apparently it's okay to have little girls parade around in bikinis with tons of make up on, but Olive's act is going too far.

Source: Film / Little Miss Sunshine

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