as in to boast
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
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Recent Examples of vaunt
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
Vocational schools were regarded as an afterthought, a last-ditch option, offering vastly less prestige than traditional universities, particularly vaunted Ivy League institutions.
—Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Coneflower or Echinacea, another daisy family selection, has vaunted medicinal properties that could easily classify it as an herb, yet its value as a perennial, albeit one that will probably not live for more than three years in our climate, is often overlooked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
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Verb
And in 2017, only one year after having helped vaunted Alabama win a national championship as its offensive coordinator, Kiffin was abruptly fired by iconic coach Nick Saban only days before the Crimson Tide attempted to win a second consecutive championship.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
Vocational schools were regarded as an afterthought, a last-ditch option, offering vastly less prestige than traditional universities, particularly vaunted Ivy League institutions.
—Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Coneflower or Echinacea, another daisy family selection, has vaunted medicinal properties that could easily classify it as an herb, yet its value as a perennial, albeit one that will probably not live for more than three years in our climate, is often overlooked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaunt
Verb
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This is a program, after all, that has won six national championships and boasts the most victories (134) and Final Four appearances (31) in NCAA tourney history.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Plopped between the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian, Calabria boasts around 500 miles of coastline, so a trip to the region is not complete without an escape to the shore.—
Jenna Curcio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When fully locked in, LSU offers must-see hooping with unmatched swagger.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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The actress, who rode a tidal wave of success in the late '90s, is cloaked in the kind of swagger that only lasting stardom can give.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump bragged about the COVID vaccines—his COVID vaccines—during a rally and his own people booed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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The contributors grabbing the raciest headlines of late have been women bragging about sleeping with scores of men.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Play Now Toni’s blasé egotism is mostly consistent across a film filled with conspiracy, backstabbing, and political fallout.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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The original 1877 building has grown not just to house the museum’s burgeoning collections and encompass its expanding role as an educator, entertainer and research institution, but to project an evolving sense of science’s self-conceit.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
4 May 2023
Noun
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Sonny was married for more than 40 years to his beloved Margo — who, as was often the case of the wives of famous/infamous men, knew exactly how and when to best burst his occasional balloon of self-importance and puffery.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The show brought blockbuster buzz for its first season from the start and the Emmys ate it up, whether because of Hollywood’s love for stories about itself (with A-list guest stars) or the television industry’s love for stories that mock the self-importance of movie people.—
Andrew Dalton,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Vaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunt. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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