as in blatant
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
that was a flagrant violation of the rules
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Recent Examples of flagrant
The flagrant hypocrisy may not matter to those who believe that criticism of Zionism and Israel too often masks antisemitism and that the safety of Jewish students on college campuses is at stake.
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Clark's Indiana Fever defeated Reese's Chicago Sky 93-58, and Clark was called for a flagrant foul after a defensive play against Reese.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The legal violations have been larger and more flagrant this year.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
Its approach is subtle, not flagrant, but in his view violates the protective intent of the legislation passed nearly two decades ago.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Clark's Indiana Fever defeated Reese's Chicago Sky 93-58, and Clark was called for a flagrant foul after a defensive play against Reese.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The legal violations have been larger and more flagrant this year.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
Its approach is subtle, not flagrant, but in his view violates the protective intent of the legislation passed nearly two decades ago.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagrant
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So what's up with all the blatant disrespect and body-shaming for the man infamously known for wearing another player as a backpack, and smashing heads and eating them?—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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But opponents saw the move as a blatant attempt to short-circuit the investigation into Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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But the Democratic Party seems to prefer a selective vision of free speech, one that ignores the most glaring and visible current example of suppression.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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His most glaring mistake came in the bottom of the fifth, when Seiya Suzuki deposited a fastball that caught too much plate in the left-field bleachers.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Seahawks put the Bucs in obvious situations, then offered little resistance.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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One obvious strategy to try to tackle the staffing problems is to close more prisons, and this year’s state budget authorized Governor Hochul to close up to three more.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Flagrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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