world's fair

Example Sentences

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The car — first introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair as a sporty, compact coupe with just a little bit of an edge — is given a hero’s treatment.

From Los Angeles Times

While many Americans first experienced television at the New York World’s Fair of 1939-40, there was little programming before 1950.

From The Wall Street Journal

—On the whole, rich or poor, most folks believe they are in possession of a Wonder, whether it’s their grandfather’s glass eye, a silver spoon from the Palace of Electricity at the 1904 World’s Fair, or a pumpkin that’s a dead ringer for Abe Lincoln.

From Literature

Why, they’d already had a World’s Fair … and there were tall buildings and a zoo, museums and cathedrals and even the mighty, muddy Mississippi River, with a famous bridge across it.

From Literature

Visitors to the 1939 World’s Fair were dazzled by RCA’s TV broadcasts.

From The Wall Street Journal