meretriciousness

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Noun
  • Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
    Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Warm lighting enhances natural materials, brings out the richness of colors, and helps rooms feel more comfortable from dawn to dusk.
    Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 14 June 2026
  • Pour the bacon fat and drippings from the bottom of the pan in the skillet, as this lends lovely richness and extra flavor.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • There is a distinction worth drawing between luxury and beauty, or more precisely between opulence and grace.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • They were joined by jetlagged Europeans who looked legitimately awestruck by the sheer opulence of an American football stadium.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • Each piece spells out a message—happiness, beauty, and magnificence—in the ancient pictorial writing.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
  • Championing not just human magnificence but human imperfection is a radical turn.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The pop-up will display 20 pieces designed by Musa, as well as art depicting the dental ornamentation.
    Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Even the rarest materials—Basra pearls, Golconda diamonds—get new life in a striking pair of earrings from Santi that mimic Maharaja ornamentation without feeling like ancient relics.
    Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The color palette reflects an extravagance the duo had on their side—two whole years to redo the space’s layout and interior.
    Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2026
  • Ambassadors Clubhouse, with its extravagance and its storytelling, seems to be where the ambition lives.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Inside England’s media center The media center has some cool decorations.
    Pete Grathoff June 14, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform and for decoration in general.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 June 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 20 Jun. 2026.

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