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formidability

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as in magnificence

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The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts.

— David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Upon being asked to bend the knee, Aegon delivers a fiery speech asserting his magnificence.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of magnificence

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Rome’s cultural superintendent, Claudio Parisi Presicce, said the grandeur of the port city as depicted in the fresco, with buildings, a theater and temple, public piazzas and towers, was particularly well conserved.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of grandeur

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All the core pillars of its awesomeness were well intact—the blue paint, the nice wheels.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026
Kucherov’s 51 points in 42 career regular-season games and agitating awesomeness against Florida have him at the top of the list.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of awesomeness

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Marcus King has the keen ability to balance technical brilliance with authenticity, gratitude and honesty.

— John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026
Osorio has shown individual brilliance and star quality, but at a lower level and different style of division than the Premier League.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of brilliance

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There are no income requirements and no conditions on how the cash is spent; the program is designed on dignity and trust.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
That same year, Murad was named the United Nations’ first goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dignity

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Throughout the financial troubles that the couple face given Fyodor’s inability to deliver pages, Szumowska and Englert feature scatological humor that further dissolves any notions of elegance associated with 19th-century Europe.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
With Baggy Jeans Sometimes a baggy jean can veer into sloppy territory, but adding some Mary Janes gives a boost of elegance.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of elegance

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There’s a nobility in providing some fan service to help immerse Oasis devotees who could not afford the outrageous ticket prices to attend the tour.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Working as a portraitist, she was commissioned by university scholars and local nobility in Bologna, the Italian city where she was born.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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