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Noun
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It is set in a world of dazzling opulence, caught by the mansion of the Price family, whose patriarch, Sebastian Price has built up Legacy Investments into a billionaire behemoth.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The collection paid homage to the Art Deco movement, popularized in the 1920s and 1930s and characterized by opulence and geometric designs.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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A bit of butter, added at the end, gives pastry cream a nice shine and additional richness.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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The richness of this story and the beauty of Rindo’s prose are getting praise from readers and critics.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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Like the operas Li recalled, this moment is characterized by a kind of emotional extravagance that does not permit the ambivalent second thought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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History suggests such optimism can falter amid fiscal extravagance.—
Bob Haber,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Since the outset of Major League Baseball’s Live Ball Era in 1920 through the present day, Kershaw’s magnificence begins with winning percentage.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Five different combined wavelengths show the true magnificence and diversity of phenomena at play in the Crab Nebula.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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This interplay underscored a broader theme: form itself can be a form of ornamentation.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Around her neck, a rope of heavy onyx beads provided practical ornamentation.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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The late High Modernist architect and educator Charles Gwathmey created a body of work defined by playfully bold geometric forms and a spare use of adornment employed with formal elegance.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
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Not to mention, the vamp featured a three-dimensional adornment resembling a dog, a detail making the shoes all the more playful.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shortly after its dawn, dresses produced by Paris’ leading fashion houses, such as Poiret, Chanel and Lanvin, were envisaged with the same geometric, linear designs and intricate decorations that were characteristic of the revolutionary movement.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the United States, Halloween ranks second in consumer spending on treats, gifts, and decorations, following Christmas.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
5 Dec. 2023
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The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2022
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