meretriciousness

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Noun
  • In addition, prosecutors say swastikas, antisemitic slogans and vulgarity were spray-painted on pillars underneath M-53 and Canal, a brick wall near a business and an electrical box at a second business.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • His vulgarity, insults and threats do not make America great.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The burger is finished with pepper Jack cheese for richness and a bit more bite.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Co-produced by visionary Spanish helmer El Guincho (of Rosalía and FKA Twigs fame) TURR4ZO is darkly hued and cinematic, infused by dozens of brilliant samples that pay tribute to the richness of Argentina’s music culture.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Yet all around the struggling center of Ross’ kingdom is opulence, wealth, success.
    Greg Cote May 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • With its mermaid-style skirt, full sleeves, furry collar and panache of tall black feathers on a crowning headpiece, the ensemble was a callback to the opulence of the 1920s, Cowan said, finished off with 255,000 crystals and beads.
    Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Mosaic magnificence Fine art and mosaic design come together on the patio of this Massachusetts residence, which features stainless-steel appliances under a mosaic installation created with half-inch vitreous glass.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The film’s press campaign has, quite reasonably, played up the magnificence of Skarsgård’s body in leather and winked at the transgressiveness on display.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • It is surrounded by appliqué ornamentation reflecting the decorative arts of each culture and an ornate frieze around the periphery.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Yet its sleek, monochromatic design serves as a quiet counterpoint to the temple’s rich ornamentation.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 2019, the theme was extravagance.
    Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And as in those days, extravagances like butler service and delicacies like caviar, lobster, and seafood towers are at the ready.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Plus, the flower decoration adds a fun feminine flare.
    Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • Like all good practitioners of this ancient form of body decoration, the artist who inked me gave me a specific list of instructions to take care of my skin in the days and weeks that followed.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
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“Meretriciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meretriciousness. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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