Pageant and Stage

Pageant

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

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Stage and pageant are semantically related in theatrical performance topic. In some cases you can use "Stage" instead a noun "Pageant".

Nearby Word: pageantry

Stage noun - The public performance of plays.

Usage example: drawn to the stage as a career

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Pageant and stage are semantically related in theatrical performance topic. Sometimes you can use "Pageant" instead a noun "Stage".

Nearby Words: stagy, staged, staging, stager, stagey

regular	regular pageant	regular stage
small	small pageant	small stage
actual	actual pageant	actual stage
entire	entire pageant	entire stage
Other adjectives: big, new, national, later, next, said.

The Hoover family members dance with Olive on stage one by one to guard her from the pageant administrator and staff who are planning to kick her out of the stage and competition.

Source: Film / Little Miss Sunshine
Stage Mom: Kayln's real mom in season one (Who actually tries to steal the spotlight from her in one pageant) and Leslie in season two.

Source: Series / Big Rich Texas
Tyrant Takes the Helm: Ethan in "Holi-Stage" - he basically just takes over the Great Giving Day pageant and makes the story of the pageant about him.

Source: Western Animation / Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot

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