as in displays
to present so as to invite notice or attention
she playfully flaunted her engagement ring in all of her coworkers' faces
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Recent Examples of flaunts
River Bend Overlook A bend in the Little Missouri River gives this overlook its name, which also flaunts breathtaking, panoramic views of the North Unit's badlands.
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Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
Ji Seon flaunts her ring and announces drinks are on her today, which brings up the mood again.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In Los Angeles, Miley Cyrus flaunts her engagement ring after confirming engagement with Maxx Morando.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The gadget flaunts the Frizzfighter Finishing Tool for keeping flyaways and frizz at bay.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Then there’s the rebuilt water tower, which flaunts a gym, a full bath, and a double-height office.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
Ji Seon flaunts her ring and announces drinks are on her today, which brings up the mood again.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In Los Angeles, Miley Cyrus flaunts her engagement ring after confirming engagement with Maxx Morando.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The gadget flaunts the Frizzfighter Finishing Tool for keeping flyaways and frizz at bay.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Then there’s the rebuilt water tower, which flaunts a gym, a full bath, and a double-height office.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaunts
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In posters on classroom walls, the Standard Model displays 17 particles.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 June 2026
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Pinney’s bold and free conception of how a drama is constituted, and its inseparability from time and memory, displays a rare associative virtuosity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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The Harris Poll defined a toxic boss as someone who exhibits harmful workplace behaviors, including unfair preferential treatment, blame-shifting, unnecessary micromanagement, taking credit for others’ ideas and acting unprofessionally.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The exhibit project dated to 2005, when the museum opened a new wing dedicated to exhibits highlighting the history of minority groups with a sizable presence in the Yuba-Sutter community.—
Velvet Wu
June 16,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Heesen Yachts, under new ownership, unveils Project Ananda, a 236-foot Smart Custom superyacht designed with Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design for 2030 delivery.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The company typically unveils all of its main iPhones at the same time in September.—
Mark Gurman,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Verb
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The budget shows salaries and benefits going up more than $300,000 and services and supplies going down nearly $200,000.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Times video taken at the scene shows one man lying on the ground, his leg bleeding and wrapped with a green garment as a tourniquet, while others help him.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The most valuable category of software in regulated domains over the next decade will be the boring infrastructure that captures, stores and exposes evidence with full lineage.—
Anna Meadows,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The novel painfully exposes the ruthless mistreatment and exploitation of both racehorses and humans in this era and tracks the ripples of that trauma through time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Then Jaimoe pauses, flashes a quick, playful grin, and rolls his right pant leg up to his knee.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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Is Whalefall largely a dual narrative that flashes between the innards of a whale and the father-son relationship?—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Isar raises funding, announces new launch date.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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The Social Security Administration typically announces the COLA for the following year in October, and the change is based on third-quarter data.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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“Flaunts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaunts. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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