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Recent Examples of flagrantly
Jonathan Haidt, in his career as a wide-ranging social psychologist, has been flagrantly right about at least one big thing.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.
—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
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
David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.
—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
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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Revenue hinges on capital gains from investments, bonuses to executives and windfalls from new stock offerings, all of which are grossly unpredictable.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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If Al-Hashimi meant that AI avoids 98% of minor documentation errors, then that figure grossly overstates its performance.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This is egregiously unconstitutional.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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The most important part is that the challenge system will prevent a team from losing a game because of an egregiously bad call on a ball or strike.—
Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Flagrantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagrantly. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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