1
as in noticeable
likely to attract attention
the seven-foot-tall basketball player is conspicuous in any crowd
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2
as in obvious
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
conspicuous bureaucratic waste that drives taxpayers crazy
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Recent Examples of conspicuous
The instruments are on conspicuous display in the respective sitting rooms, each placed atop a shrine of its own, often with an incense stick burning under it.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Mexican fans still dominated the supporter numbers — conspicuous in the shirt of the national side — with a healthy number of South Koreans, but there were very few Czech fans.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
White has vowed that even heavy lightning — when The Claw might make a conspicuous target for bolts — wouldn't stop the show.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
White has vowed that even heavy lightning — when The Claw might make a conspicuous target for bolts — wouldn’t stop the show.
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Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for conspicuous
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Mexican fans still dominated the supporter numbers — conspicuous in the shirt of the national side — with a healthy number of South Koreans, but there were very few Czech fans.
—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
White has vowed that even heavy lightning — when The Claw might make a conspicuous target for bolts — wouldn't stop the show.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
White has vowed that even heavy lightning — when The Claw might make a conspicuous target for bolts — wouldn’t stop the show.
—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for conspicuous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuous
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Evolutionary cues, emotional encoding and genetics all converge in how partners experience each other’s smell, and a noticeable shift in that experience may be worth paying attention to.
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After 12 weeks, the results suggested that a tiny dose of regular exercise could yield noticeable physical benefits.
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The teenage phenom is able to complement his obvious technical skills with a flair and maturity in high-pressure situations that is well beyond his years.
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This was most obvious during Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour, when brands capitalized on all things Taylor — friendship bracelets, themed drinks and even concert outfits.
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One prominent Cherokee named Katteuha co-wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, urging him to push for peace between the Native people and settlers.
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The effect of protostar outflows on their environment can be seen in the JWST image via the prominent blue ridges.
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This shows a blatant disregard for the integrity of our borders.
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Specifically, DuckDuckGo’s AI feature seems to have gotten fooled by a game of telephone kicked off by internet pranksters and laundered into blatant misinformation on a leading search engine.
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And beyond all the light and magic of their goals, this was just a very commanding team performance.
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The venue falls within the NYPD's Patrol Borough Manhattan South, whose commanding officer was reassigned last week amid an internal affairs corruption probe.
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That comparison may be a bit dramatic, but the cellar-dwelling Red Sox’s four-game sweep over the weekend exposed some of the Aaron Judge-less Yankees’ most glaring issues.
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The glaring difference was the distinct lack of the marijuana scent throughout the building, and the need to use the restroom from most of the patrons during the three-hour long concert.
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Rather than succumb to the misery of its subject matter, Union County is about the quiet, tedious, and remarkable work that is getting and staying sober — the final product a testament to all that can be achieved.
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These creative calculations suggest a grand total of about 20 million species of insects, many of them with behaviors and physical adaptations and remarkable lives scientists today can only dream of discovering.
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After so many dramatic and 11th-hour wins in the Round of 32, the World Cup's Round of 16 has much to live up to.
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Such has been such a dramatic overhaul in the conference that the Heat at one moment can be viewed as contenders for the NBA Finals and at another the perception quite reasonably can be … right back in the play-in pool.
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“Conspicuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspicuous. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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