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Many high-end restaurants, especially in Texas, try to offer fancy tacos at inflated prices without delivering anything worthy of the cost or pomp.—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025 As the next monarch, William holds the key to the pomp and pageantry Trump admires.—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025 Trump is always one for theatrics, though this speech was lackluster compared to the pomp and melodramatic moments of past Trump addresses to Congress.—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025 The Daily Telegraph reported that Starmer will present Trump with an invitation from King Charles III for a state visit replete with royal pomp and pageantry.—Sylvie Corbet, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pomp
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French pompe, from Latin pompa procession, pomp, from Greek pompē act of sending, escort, procession, pomp, from pempein to send
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