as in wealth
the total of one's money and property
in some parts of the city nearly unimaginable opulence can be found side by side with nearly unthinkable poverty
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Recent Examples of opulence
And tours of the Owens-Thomas House and its slave quarters capture an ugly history in which genteel opulence and oppression existed side by side in Savannah.
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Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
There’s a delectable tension between its chintziness and its opulence, forcing the mind to color in the spaces of its grand visages.
—Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
But those relics of history paled in comparison to the ambience — and opulence — of the Forest Theater.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
The American clan wallows in a life of pointless opulence in a Spanish villa, discussing designer clothes and snarking at servants and each other.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
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Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
There’s a delectable tension between its chintziness and its opulence, forcing the mind to color in the spaces of its grand visages.
—Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
But those relics of history paled in comparison to the ambience — and opulence — of the Forest Theater.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
The American clan wallows in a life of pointless opulence in a Spanish villa, discussing designer clothes and snarking at servants and each other.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opulence
Noun
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In the Delta, too, a white minority has held most of the wealth and farmland.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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But owning his own island also represented Epstein’s entrée into a new tier of elite wealth – a powerful symbol for the former schoolteacher who grew up in a working-class Brooklyn family.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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The United States and its allies are trying to break China’s dominance in battery supply chains, while Chinese companies have spent heavily securing mining assets across Africa.—
Ray Mwayera,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Mobix Labs highlighted that governments and infrastructure operators are increasingly investing in technologies that can improve situational awareness, detect threats earlier, and protect critical assets, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Opulence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opulence. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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