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Recent Examples of flagrantly
Despite Chinese law setting a 44-hour workweek limit and requiring overtime compensation, numerous companies flagrantly ignored these rules.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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 most remarkable thing about Watergate was how flagrantly they got caught.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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 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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The scientists found that the problem has been grossly underestimated and urgently requires better urban planning and infrastructure to address it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Oct. 2025
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She and Sollecito were exonerated and released after four years in prison following an appeal, where the court found that Italian authorities had grossly mishandled the case.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Apple is late to the party on implementing WebGL, but not egregiously so.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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In North Carolina, as in other Southern states, newspapers in the Jim Crow era often egregiously exaggerated stories about Black criminality.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Flagrantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrantly. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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