Fair and Pageant

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Fair noun - A public showing of objects of interest.

Usage example: a dazzling array of sleek cabin cruisers at the annual boat fair

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Pageant is a synonym for fair in display topic. In some cases you can use "Pageant" instead a noun "Fair", when it comes to topics like exposition.

Nearby Words: fairness, fairly, faired, fairground

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

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Fair is a synonym for pageant in display topic. You can use "Fair" instead a noun "Pageant", if it concerns topics such as spectacle or contest.

Nearby Word: pageantry

best	best fair	best pageant
regular	regular fair	regular pageant
entire	entire fair	entire pageant
little	little fair	little pageant
Other adjectives: inner, new, traditional, national, next, local, yearly, annual, upcoming, eponymous.

It can be any sort of competition: art, music, dance, sports, beauty pageant, science fair project, doesn't matter.

Source: One Judge to Rule Them All
A textbook used in Advanced Placement US history classes, The American Pageant, has a fair dose of this.

Source: Textbook Humor
Be Yourself: The Aesop for aforementioned episode "My Fair Chipette" where Alvin tries to make nerdy Jeanette into a beauty queen to compete against Brittany in a pageant.

Source: Western Animation / Alvin and the Chipmunks

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