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floweriness

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as in loftiness

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Even setting aside the loftiness of these goals, investors should be aware of the potential dilution implied if any meaningful portion of these tranches vest.

— David Trainer, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026

Definition of loftiness

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An emotional buildup isn’t new for them, but the clarity with which its alt-rock grandiosity is captured is—a result of trusting producer Alex Farrar, at Asheville’s Drop of Sun Studio, for the first time.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.

— Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026

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From the Black Jazz [Records] label comes this gem that reminds me of Rubba Dub jazz, Jazz of the African Americans that yearn for their roots in Africa through a western form of blues called jazz.

— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 July 2026
Herbie Hancock, Dee Dee Bridgewater and a host of the world’s greatest jazz musicians participated in the program at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where an incredibly diverse crowd of thousands reverberated with collective energy and joy.

— Bija Bennett, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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Gabrielle and Katerina credit the enduring appeal of Dan Tana’s to its persistent lack of pretentiousness.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Advertisement Jones uses his antihero’s blunt self-appraisals to avoid the pretentiousness endemic to stories about artists.

— Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026

Definition of pretentiousness

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The post-1945 explosion in birth rates coincided with the rise of the television age and the profusion of social science claptrap to serve and soothe a nation anxious in its affluence.

— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s in contrast with Andrew’s lexicon of touchy-feely claptrap, all seemingly declarations of support and empathy but, ultimately, hollow.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of claptrap

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