Definition of opulence
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in some parts of the city nearly unimaginable opulence can be found side by side with nearly unthinkable poverty
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This is the other side of the opulence that has transformed Hassan Whiteside's life since signing a four-year, $98 million contract last July with the Miami Heat.
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Travelers in the Ottoman era used to describe the shocking gulf between Aleppo’s opulence and the countryside surrounding it, where peasants lived in almost Stone Age conditions.
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The consultancy realized that parameters associated with it in the past, such as opulence, hierarchy and symbolism, were no longer significant in a world that has become very complex.
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Circa 1518
First Known Use of opulence
circa 1518
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