immoderately

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Adverb
  • On Monday night, extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their grand ascent up the Met Gala's staircase, marking the start of fashion's biggest night and raising money for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
    Emily Bogle, NPR, 4 May 2026
  • If so, what is such a large and extravagantly funded force meant to do?
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • The moment one starts perceiving what Arnold and friends undergo as excessively dismal, a quick peak at the live-action cruelty in action around the globe tempers that notion.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Local districts should be helped, not punished excessively due to the struggles of one school.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Adverb
  • Typically, though, restrictions on pretrial publicity must be narrowly tailored and must not unduly interfere with the press’s ability to inform the public about the proceedings.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When one of us is unduly harmed, we are all inevitably diminished.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The digital menu is divided into a handful of confusing categories that force you to rely on your previous memory of what’s on offer, not only because finding new options is so difficult, but also because even looking for them is inordinately time-consuming.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The road to today’s launch attempt has been long, winding and bumpy for NASA, not to mention inordinately expensive.
    Charlie Gile, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.
    Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.
    Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • The stage itself will not suddenly become overly celebratory.
    Christine Mortag, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
  • Most onlookers were tourists not overly concerned with the real-world drama playing out down the street.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Adverb
  • As the 70th edition of the world’s greatest and most unreasonably extravagant song contest, this year’s Eurovision should have been a cause for celebration.
    Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
  • The tail is not yet cooked—though the hell-fire in which the whole book is broiled might not unreasonably have cooked it all ere this.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • An era of exorbitantly expensive venues is in full swing.
    Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Basic food supplies are exorbitantly expensive.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Immoderately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immoderately. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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