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Recent Examples of flagrantly
This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.
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Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
In the killing of Pretti, the authorities are now promising an internal probe that no one can possibly trust after DHS has spent months flagrantly violating the law and people’s civil and constitutional rights.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing worse than generating a report with AI and then going confidently into a meeting, only to encounter an awkwardly embarrassing situation where the data is flagrantly incorrect, missing, or misleading, or too obviously AI.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The film, an official selection at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, is yet another innovative step forward by Sister Nancy on behalf of all women in dancehall, a physical space and musical genre that can be flagrantly misogynistic.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
The near-universal expert view is that such a quest would be flagrantly unconstitutional.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Aug. 2025
The most remarkable thing about Watergate was how flagrantly they got caught.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
In the killing of Pretti, the authorities are now promising an internal probe that no one can possibly trust after DHS has spent months flagrantly violating the law and people’s civil and constitutional rights.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing worse than generating a report with AI and then going confidently into a meeting, only to encounter an awkwardly embarrassing situation where the data is flagrantly incorrect, missing, or misleading, or too obviously AI.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The film, an official selection at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, is yet another innovative step forward by Sister Nancy on behalf of all women in dancehall, a physical space and musical genre that can be flagrantly misogynistic.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
The near-universal expert view is that such a quest would be flagrantly unconstitutional.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Aug. 2025
The most remarkable thing about Watergate was how flagrantly they got caught.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagrantly
Adverb
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These fears are well-founded, as authorities have previously executed many protesters following grossly unfair trials, while many others remain on death row.—
Hamid Kashani,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
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Why do electric bikes have to be grossly expensive and overly inaccessible?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump, of course, was rude, untruthful, and excessively, if not quite so egregiously, long-winded in his first term, too.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Flagrantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrantly. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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