lagniappe

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Recent Examples of lagniappe In turn, this new generation adds a little something extra—a little lagniappe—to a city full of abundance. Joshua Carlucci, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2024 Amarys says one of her favorite lagniappes to send folks from out of town is gumbo. Joshua Carlucci, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2024 Certainly pet-store pricing isn’t always top of mind: Some parrot burglars seem to burgle parrots as an afterthought, or lagniappe. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022 In 2017 the Oscars served up an unscripted lagniappe with the flubbed Best Picture announcement. Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022 Anything beyond the quarterfinals would be straight-up lagniappe. Jim Derry | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020 The tradition of lagniappe in liquid form continues at Café Degas (four courses $44), which adds a glass of port. Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020 Also included were two lemons and a large mandarin, a lagniappe of citrus in an otherwise greens-heavy crate. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2020 Murray is five foot ten and one eighth of an inch, that extra point being lagniappe thrown in by the football gods. Rich Cohen, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lagniappe
Noun
  • As a bonus for new members, the travel bundle also comes with three months of unlimited streaming access to Pvolve’s library of over 1,500 classes.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Lionsgate disclosed that as of April the exec will receive an annual base salary of $1,200,000 with a target annual bonus that’s 85 percent of his base salary.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Be Forward-Looking If feedback is such a gift, why do most of us hate receiving it as well as giving it?
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The wines aren’t really exported, either, so a bottle carried carefully back to the USA makes a welcome gift.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the standard Dividend Discount Model, a stock is worth the sum of future dividends, discounted for the time value of money.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Amid ongoing market volatility and global trade tensions, this dividend-paying stock delivers a compelling mix of income, growth, and defensiveness.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Pat McAfee initially praised Travis Kelce for making a $3.3 million donation for the homeless, but the tight end admitted that the report was not true.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The agency negotiated that $10 million of the $67 million would be a donation to the Hope Florida Foundation.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tasks that once took hours or even days-such as creating presentations, analyzing legal documents or making investments decisions—can now be completed in a fraction of the time, allowing employees to focus on high-value tasks that drive business impact.
    Keren Katz, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The Educational Era Content on social networks has traditionally prioritized speed, simplicity and enticing presentation.
    Rafael Schwarz, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This corresponds to somewhere between two and three times the total amount of stellar mass present in the Milky Way, which corresponds to several hundred billion, and perhaps even a trillion or more, stars altogether.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2025
  • At present, there are no details on the containment of the fire.
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“Lagniappe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lagniappe. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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