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Noun
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After all, the first informs the second in ways that are intellectually satisfying to dig into; the latter lends itself to grandiosity.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025 -
All brittleness and bile in the hands of Diego Luna, Valentín’s quiet righteousness rubs up against his cellmate’s grandiosity in all the wrong ways — at first.—
Blythe Marks,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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After all, as Everett reminds us with comic pomposity: The journey matters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 July 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The photographers include William Gottlieb, whose historic jazz photo collection is now at the Library of Congress; Chuck Stewart, a prolific jazz photographer; Milt Hinton, a jazz bassist who documented jazz culture from the inside; and Parks, whose work appears throughout the exhibition.—
Amy Carleton,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Visit Rua do Ouvidor, a historic street downtown, for live samba on Saturdays, or head to Blue Note Rio for jazz.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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There’s a pretentiousness that begins to show itself as folks get more comfortable.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
20 Oct. 2025
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Coleman found no pretentiousness in Trafford, and he was not perturbed by the drop in facilities compared to the Etihad Campus.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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This is Spielberg at his most pure and sensational, an undiluted cinematic experience that lacks any of his sentimental claptrap and steers clear of his tendency for multiple endings.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Floweriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floweriness. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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