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as in baroque
elaborately and often excessively decorated
an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace
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as in rhetoric
full of fine words and fancy expressions
the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days
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Recent Examples of ornate
Brick walls, tin ceilings, detailed columns Once completed, in 16 to 18 months, the building is to house 121 luxury apartments incorporating the building’s character, with various apartments to have interior brick walls, tin ceilings or columns with ornate cornices.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Its 49 guest rooms are filled with antique furniture, damask wallpaper, and ornate chandeliers that lend it a yesteryear vibe.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Wallot designed a highly ornate building, drawing on classical motifs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
Somehow both spare and ornate, immersive and voyeuristic, The Silver Book has a pull that can’t be denied.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Its 49 guest rooms are filled with antique furniture, damask wallpaper, and ornate chandeliers that lend it a yesteryear vibe.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Wallot designed a highly ornate building, drawing on classical motifs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
Somehow both spare and ornate, immersive and voyeuristic, The Silver Book has a pull that can’t be denied.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornate
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Subsequent reports revealed that Bolsonaro and his allies had devised a baroque plot to regain power, which included jailing and possibly murdering their political opponents.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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The imposing gothic details of Victor’s castle-laboratory—a portentous warrior-angel statue that comes to life, a screaming Medusa rondel carved in stone—vibrate with gloomy baroque majesty.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 Aug. 2025
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The decorated soccer played added several snaps of him and Harper embracing one another throughout the years, including an adorable photo of Harper as a toddler with a pacifier in her mouth hugging David.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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However, the shorter, decorated sword likely wasn’t functional.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 May 2025
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Whether these rhetorical jabs will resonate with voters or simply serve to inflame partisan divisions remains an open question.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Just asking questions Kennedy and other MAHA proponents also employ another powerful rhetorical tactic: raising questions about topics that have already reached a scientific consensus.—
Megan Donelson,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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During the Edwardian period and early 20th century, luxury fur coats, full-length wraps, stoles, and extravagant collars were at the height of fashion—as much a symbol of wealth as any jewel.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The spread is a rare offering in the Gopher State, where such extravagant homes don’t hit the market all that often.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
11 Sep. 2025
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With heartier, earthen purple corn?—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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There are deep blue- and purple-hued flowers, trees with gentle, weeping branches, shrubs soft to the touch.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Sep. 2025
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Come at sunset for gilded views of the city’s skyline.—
Kate Dingwall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Outside, cold rain beats against the room’s high, gilded windows.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Aug. 2025
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There’s no florid wallpaper and no nostalgic oil paintings.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
31 July 2025
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Under the agreement, which provides a conceptual framework for the redevelopment, Goddard would retain Burger King’s original buildings, designed in a florid post-Modern style typical of the 1980s by prominent national architectural firm Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, today know as HOK.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
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McIlroy received the loudest cheers of the day as his eagle shot dropped in on the par 5.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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And instead of Mulder talking about his fond memories playing for the A’s in Oakland, a loud and repeating beep echoed through the public address system.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Ornate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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