as in blatant
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
that was a flagrant violation of the rules
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Recent Examples of flagrant
In power since 1994, he has been accused of flagrant human rights violations against his critics, wiping out opposition and independent media.
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 May 2026
There’s some consistency to how McCartney and his partner have fashioned this as a rock record that’s closer to mid-period Wings than any kind of flagrant Beatles self-homage.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
Like many other doctors before and since, Braunwald did not envision that a young doctor would commit flagrant fraud in his laboratory.
—Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 7 May 2026
The grounds for expulsion: Hosting a female guest in his dormitory, in flagrant violation of the school’s housing rules.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 May 2026
There’s some consistency to how McCartney and his partner have fashioned this as a rock record that’s closer to mid-period Wings than any kind of flagrant Beatles self-homage.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
Like many other doctors before and since, Braunwald did not envision that a young doctor would commit flagrant fraud in his laboratory.
—Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 7 May 2026
The grounds for expulsion: Hosting a female guest in his dormitory, in flagrant violation of the school’s housing rules.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagrant
Adjective
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And to society, the implications of such blatant cronyism could be sweeping, from atrophying regulation and loss of accountability to further concentration of power and money among the wealthiest people on Earth.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
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Someone behaves with a blatant lack of consideration for others.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Liverpool’s pressing from their forward line was a glaring weakness last season and no doubt will be a point of emphasis when Iraola begins working with the squad.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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That, just maybe, shows how positive things have gone until this point, and makes a 1-4 road trip capped by an 8-1 beatdown by the Mets on Sunday in New York all that more glaring, juxtaposed with the team’s good form through the 66 games before then.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
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But what feels most haunting about the arc of then to now, about Smith’s unfathomable issues and woes — yet obvious heart and particularly evident quest to find himself in recent years — is that his words then were spoken with a sense of arrival and past tense.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Look in the most obvious places first.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
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“Flagrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrant. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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