meretriciousness

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Noun
  • Nestled between the layers is a genuinely heartfelt story that blooms from beneath all the aesthetic and verbal vulgarity, thus making innate, and intuitive, his ongoing, ever-evolving manifesto on the state of things.
    Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The color combination feels subtle and soft but also brings depth and richness thanks to the layering of neutral tones.
    Lauren Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
  • In fact, a good steak often needs little more than salt to enhance its natural richness.
    Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • The monarchy tends to treat royal residences as working assets, sometimes even leased to staff, rather than as displays of opulence.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • After extensive renovations between 2015 and 2019, the property was transformed into a vision of old-world opulence.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Championing not just human magnificence but human imperfection is a radical turn.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
  • Adjective — shining brilliantly; full of splendor and magnificence.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • From there, the ornamentation strips back, room by room, evolving with the narrative of the album.
    Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Ambassadors Clubhouse, with its extravagance and its storytelling, seems to be where the ambition lives.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • But where the décor favors restraint, the food chooses extravagance.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Florists used more than 30,000 flowers, most the yellow and white colors of the Holy See flag, for the carpets that feature decorations such as the Holy See keys.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Exterior decorations at the Sagrada Família.
    Seth Doane, CBS News, 7 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 13 Jun. 2026.

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