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as in baroque
elaborately and often excessively decorated
an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace
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as in rhetorical
full of fine words and fancy expressions
the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days
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Recent Examples of ornate
The house’s marble fireplaces, ceiling medallions, pocket doors, moldings, door handles and staircase are all original, as well as the two ornate chandeliers in the parlors which were designed to be operated first with kerosene, then gas and finally electricity.
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
The floral theme plays out in covetable textiles and wallpapers, and in the ornate flowers Robinson carved on the ceilings of what are now the bar and sitting rooms.
—Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Look for ornate florals, checked drapery, and patterned lampshades.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
The Royal Breakfast Room, where the Queen and Prince Philip would dine privately, is hung with magnificent Flemish tapestries, woven around 1650, featuring a beautiful design of a pergola framing an ornate vase filled with flowers.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
The floral theme plays out in covetable textiles and wallpapers, and in the ornate flowers Robinson carved on the ceilings of what are now the bar and sitting rooms.
—Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Look for ornate florals, checked drapery, and patterned lampshades.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
The Royal Breakfast Room, where the Queen and Prince Philip would dine privately, is hung with magnificent Flemish tapestries, woven around 1650, featuring a beautiful design of a pergola framing an ornate vase filled with flowers.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornate
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Blake’s imagery is actually very similar to a lot of baroque Tibetan imagery describing the birth of ego in open space.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Known for his baroque and subversive work, Park has a long history with Cannes.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2026
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While both candidates held progressive policy positions on issues like healthcare, the difference between them centered on communication style, with Talarico’s softer rhetorical approach resonating with voters through appeals to unity and a vision of hope[1].—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Talarico is a vision of a Democratic future reminiscent of high points from the Party’s recent past—rhetorical precision, hopes, dreams.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Long overshadowed by his more decorated co-star, Brown is emerging as a legitimate NBA MVP candidate as the season’s halfway mark approaches.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Throughout the room are Atom Power’s purple EV charging stands and large white breaker boxes ready for assembly.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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During the rainy winter and early spring months, otherworldly photos of the park make the rounds online, showing brilliant yellow, pink, and purple blooms carpeting an otherwise lunar landscape.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2026
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Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for florid graffiti art.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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There’s folks that tend to be more florid and folks that are more Hemingway-esque.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2025
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Unlike Jekyll and Sea Islands—with their extravagant homes, ritzy resorts, and golf courses—the true luxury of LSSI is the unfettered nature.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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The gift bag—which is actually a small suitcase—includes everything from extravagant vacations to home renovations to tasty snacks.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2026
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Once Ida is revived, Buckley is rife with tics and guttural asides, switching between rat-a-tat mobster slang and Shelley’s flowery English prose like some postmodern literary Gollum.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the pictures, Sarah wore an ash gray cardigan, her thick brunette hair shoulder-length; Elena, in a flowery dress, hugs her mom in one photo.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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The gilded trophy is now proudly displayed on Born Weird Tattoo’s front patio.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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When his parents split, Newsom was lost between the gilded world of his father and the hard-working, private world of his mother.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026
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