world's fair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of world's fair
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Will the 2030 world’s fair in Saudi Arabia transform cultures or inspire visitors?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
More than 50 years after debuting at the 1970 Osaka world’s fair with the 17-minute experimental film “Tiger Child,” the format has become the ascendant king of spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
However, he was best known for the tower, which was designed to show off France's modern industrial prowess on a world stage, as the centrepiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition, or world's fair.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
The replica ship successfully sailed from Norway and was moored in Lake Michigan, on Chicago’s shore, throughout the activities of the world’s fair.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023
Every other building of substance in Englewood seemed to be charged with the energy of anticipation, not just of the world’s fair but of a grand future expanding far beyond the fair’s end.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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