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Recent Examples of ornately
He was hired by McCartney to be the head of A&R at Apple Records, the company launched by the Beatles in April 1968, and was the one who brought in James Taylor, producing his first album — which, in fact, was ornately overproduced, and didn’t make much of a mark.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 June 2026
The one-shoulder dress was designed with a billowing, one-shoulder top with an ornately speckled red and white pattern motif throughout.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
At other times, the cage might be ornately gilded.
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Big Think,
6 May 2026
Elaborate stages are built for the camera close-ups as much as the crowd, often featuring prefab cinematic interludes, ornately detailed costumes, titillating dance moves and surreal, maximalist graphics.
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Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
It is made entirely from gold sheets and ornately decorated with protective symbols.
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Ryan Brennan
april 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
Her custom jade green bustier gown came with a plunging sweetheart neckline and peplum waist, ornately embellished in stone and crystal embroidery.
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Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
Inside, the ornately elegant venue may have seemed like an unlikely setting for Junior H’s melancholy corridos tumbados.
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Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
Just west of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, this spacious and ornately decorated Mediterranean restaurant is hosting its annual Ramadan iftar buffet, featuring appetizers, salads, fresh fruit, soups, entrees and desserts.
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Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 June 2026
The one-shoulder dress was designed with a billowing, one-shoulder top with an ornately speckled red and white pattern motif throughout.
—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
At other times, the cage might be ornately gilded.
—
Big Think,
6 May 2026
Elaborate stages are built for the camera close-ups as much as the crowd, often featuring prefab cinematic interludes, ornately detailed costumes, titillating dance moves and surreal, maximalist graphics.
—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
It is made entirely from gold sheets and ornately decorated with protective symbols.
—
Ryan Brennan
april 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
Her custom jade green bustier gown came with a plunging sweetheart neckline and peplum waist, ornately embellished in stone and crystal embroidery.
—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
Inside, the ornately elegant venue may have seemed like an unlikely setting for Junior H’s melancholy corridos tumbados.
—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
Just west of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, this spacious and ornately decorated Mediterranean restaurant is hosting its annual Ramadan iftar buffet, featuring appetizers, salads, fresh fruit, soups, entrees and desserts.
—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornately
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But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.
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On our first morning, Sara and I woke to one of the roughly 300 days of sun that Taos receives each year—gaudily beautiful weather for the end of February.
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The result is 260 pages of richly-detailed, expressive drawings, mostly in regimented 12-panel grids that mirror the grinding rhythms of daily life in rural, 19th century America.
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Provide full sun, richly moist soil, and regular watering and deadheading to encourage continued blooms from late spring through the summer.
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Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.
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In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.
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And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student.
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Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.
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Prospero’s final speech, gorgeously delivered here by Wyn Davies, continues the theme.
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Thrilling smoky minerality on the nose with an abundance of floral aromatics that is laced with a citrus salinity, such as lemon confit, that has marked acidity and finishing aromas of seashell, making this a gorgeously gastronomic wine.
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These particles reflect the water’s color back to the surface—hence the strikingly intense turquoise hues.
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Then, aged rye from a distillery in Indiana was put into those casks for two weeks, creating a strikingly spicy and altogether delicious—not to mention unique—whiskey that really stood out.
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Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt’s collaboration didn’t begin colorfully or dramatically; Fratti just liked Orcutt and said so publicly, prompting Orcutt to reach out, which resulted in their working—remotely, mostly—on a series of pieces.
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Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Poltz was colorfully introduced by his longtime musician friend, former San Diego Padres second baseman and third base coach Tim Flannery.
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“Ornately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornately. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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