fanfare
Americannoun
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a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
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an ostentatious display or flourish.
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publicity or advertising.
noun
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a flourish or short tune played on brass instruments, used as a military signal, at a ceremonial event, etc
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an ostentatious flourish or display
Etymology
Origin of fanfare
1760–70; < French, expressive word akin to fanfaron fanfaron.
Example Sentences
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Auto Show, and that “fanfare over the electric future was decidedly tamped down.”
From Los Angeles Times
It was a facility that opened in April to fanfare, a move aimed at helping the country’s fast-growing aviation sector to maintain safe operations.
Cologne in particular gets a lot of fanfare with younger guys.
The transfer from New Mexico who arrived with great fanfare has hardly looked like a top-level player through the season’s first month.
From Los Angeles Times
The Mexican naval training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May, leaving two crew members dead, returned home on Sunday to official fanfare in the port of Veracruz.
From Barron's
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