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Recent Examples of conspicuous consumption
Their conspicuous consumption catches Rob’s admiring attention, but the three sisters are not impressed.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
That means no more conspicuous consumption or the breaking of high-end hotels’ mounted stag heads.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Japan was in a deep recession, but Uniqlo kept growing, offering bargains for the struggling masses and discretion for better-off consumers in an era that frowned upon conspicuous consumption.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
These were mostly built by wealthy American families between 1870 and 1915, as conspicuous consumption became a symbolic tool of the elite.
—Evan Nicole Brown, Architectural Digest, 25 July 2025
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
That means no more conspicuous consumption or the breaking of high-end hotels’ mounted stag heads.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Japan was in a deep recession, but Uniqlo kept growing, offering bargains for the struggling masses and discretion for better-off consumers in an era that frowned upon conspicuous consumption.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
These were mostly built by wealthy American families between 1870 and 1915, as conspicuous consumption became a symbolic tool of the elite.
—Evan Nicole Brown, Architectural Digest, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for conspicuous consumption
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuous consumption
Noun
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By early 2025, the splurge showed no sign of slowing down.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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But Sullivan said there will be no big summer free agent spending splurge on free agents who fall through the cracks.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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McGinn wants passes crisp fired into him and, with Villa’s best passer, Youri Tielemans, coming back to full fitness, the previous wastefulness in the final third may be remedied for good.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Gabriel also acknowledged lawmakers’ responsibility to oversee state spending seriously as well, and would be scrutinizing government programs for wastefulness.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Despite the buildings’ lavishness, the plastics meeting is in a downstairs space that’s less Dubai bling than basic corporate nice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Then again, a sense of glamour and lavishness—two pillars of Old Hollywood, when the big film studios had big money to burn—still goes hand-in-hand with awards season dressing today, too.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His is a work of coming to terms with the odds, surviving them, and doing so with grace, radiance, generosity, and spirit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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He was touched and impressed, assuming that would be the weight of her generosity.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And plenty of extravagance is found in the impressive 11 restaurants, five pools, and the three-story Talise Spa, which has a thermal sanctuary complete with personal hammams.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Székesfehérvár lacks Budapest’s grand boulevards and baroque extravagance, but the city is not without luster.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When insurance adjusters examined the roadway where the crashes were happening, there were no obvious hazards—like faulty lighting or an especially steep grade—that could account for this newfound profusion.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Bakelite had been a novelty, but plastics in all their profusion became an addiction.—
Caroline Fraser,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Conspicuous consumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspicuous%20consumption. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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