as in excessiveness
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Noun
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There was eloquent solo playing in the orchestra, and extravagance from the solo singers.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026 -
What is your greatest extravagance?—
Marc Jacobs,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
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More than 80 years later, the site endures as the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, a 150-plus-acre expanse set just beyond the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park, where the vastness of the High Desert feels both grounding and otherworldly.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Pop songs operate on a smaller scale than two-hour movies, and, despite those constraints, the liberties that Charli and Keane take in blending pop hooks and orchestral chaos gives their soundtrack album an impressive vastness.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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The historic crisis makes the personal tale reverberate with an inner immensity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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The immensity of Catherine and Heathcliff’s passion is measured by the intensity of their language, which of course is also Brontë’s.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Extremeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremeness. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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