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Recent Examples of magnificently
The castle’s Waterloo Chamber, a magnificently opulent space that today is most commonly used for investitures but previously hosted theatrical and pantomime productions under Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, was transformed into a screening room for the occasion.
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Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, the magnificently charming triple threat is poised to top himself.
—Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Now based in New York City, his first Texas solo museum show, staged at The Contemporary, revealed not only magnificently smooth objects seemingly beguiled from wood, with enough thorny surfaces to remind the viewer of the complicated life of the immigrant today.
—Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
The story zooms in, and telescopes out magnificently, revealing nuanced and precise character studies of the boy and his family, as well as revealing the vast network of history, culture, and individuals that led to this tragic moment.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
And our service men and women performed magnificently.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
With Michael Shannon magnificently plainspoken as Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen tragically deranged as Charles Guiteau and Nick Offerman steeped in inner conflict as undeserving Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, this is as good as historical drama gets.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The music that pours forth, composed by the electronic artist Kangding Ray, is magnificently transporting, and the ravers surrender to the beat with glorious delirium.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
That's something Moore does magnificently and naturally, especially graveside in a navy Carolina Herrera gown, sunglasses in one hand, a designer bag in the other.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Now, the magnificently charming triple threat is poised to top himself.
—Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Now based in New York City, his first Texas solo museum show, staged at The Contemporary, revealed not only magnificently smooth objects seemingly beguiled from wood, with enough thorny surfaces to remind the viewer of the complicated life of the immigrant today.
—Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
The story zooms in, and telescopes out magnificently, revealing nuanced and precise character studies of the boy and his family, as well as revealing the vast network of history, culture, and individuals that led to this tragic moment.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
And our service men and women performed magnificently.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
With Michael Shannon magnificently plainspoken as Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen tragically deranged as Charles Guiteau and Nick Offerman steeped in inner conflict as undeserving Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, this is as good as historical drama gets.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The music that pours forth, composed by the electronic artist Kangding Ray, is magnificently transporting, and the ravers surrender to the beat with glorious delirium.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
That's something Moore does magnificently and naturally, especially graveside in a navy Carolina Herrera gown, sunglasses in one hand, a designer bag in the other.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnificently
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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps most impressively, the process is also reported to double as a purifier with some optimization.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Yet this is truly an ensemble show, in which each performer has multiple opportunities to shine, executing some splendidly silly bits together, such as delivering CPR to a sandwich or convincingly channeling their inner tots during some post-bedtime horseplay.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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The execs had seen firsthand what was wrong, and recognized that the IRS’s first CEO is richly equipped to deliver the fix.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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But the brownie base itself is still richly chocolatey and tender.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In November, the content creator, who first established a tradition of dressing extravagantly for her relatives' holiday parties in 2021, pulled up to her family function in a look inspired by a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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Those mounds stood about six feet high while Litchfield’s church-like cathedral termite mounds imposingly reached up to 26 feet.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 2025
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The terry cloth—for those who fear its potential micro-scratch—is sumptuously soft and, perhaps most importantly, maintains its texture wash after wash.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
2 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, Gaudí was overseeing the building of the Casa Milà, a sumptuously curvaceous apartment building in Barcelona.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her other top picks include luxuriously soft wide-leg pants, a high-neck midi dress, and a silk maxi skirt, all of which are machine washable.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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This luxuriously comforting dinner is just what the doctor called for.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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The soundtrack boasts expensively familiar crowd-pleasers by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and Billy Joel.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps China’s aggressive state spending, open-source AI coding, and interest in ordinary use cases for the technology will ultimately give the country an edge over American firms that are expensively chasing revolutionary applications for a more theoretical product.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Magnificently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnificently. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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