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Recent Examples of flagrantly
The vast majority of drivers stop speeding after one or two camera violations, but a small and extremely reckless group of super speeders flagrantly endanger themselves and everyone around them.
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Mike Flynn, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
At least four federal judges blocked some of those subpoenas as flagrantly illicit overreach.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Haidt, in his career as a wide-ranging social psychologist, has been flagrantly right about at least one big thing.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.
—Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 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
The near-universal expert view is that such a quest would be flagrantly unconstitutional.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Aug. 2025
Mike Flynn, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
At least four federal judges blocked some of those subpoenas as flagrantly illicit overreach.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Haidt, in his career as a wide-ranging social psychologist, has been flagrantly right about at least one big thing.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.
—Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 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
The near-universal expert view is that such a quest would be flagrantly unconstitutional.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagrantly
Adverb
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Unfortunately, the current law is grossly inadequate and many people will suffer as a result.—
Erwin Chemerinsky,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The movement, grossly underreported by Western outlets, was arguably the world’s single most effective social movement in the 2010s.—
Michelle Kuo,
The Dial,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Drinks are egregiously expensive, unfortunately.—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Never has the United States had a secretary of defense less capable, more egregiously belligerent, or less suited to provide civilian direction of a war than Pete Hegseth.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Flagrantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrantly. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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