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Noun
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The yacht builder appears committed to exploring quieter, more purposeful luxury over grandeur and traditional measures of scale.—
Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025 -
While people have different definitions for luxury, the word typically elicits extravagance, grandeur, and exclusivity.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tradition and opulence deftly swirl within its sumptuous interior—replete with crystal chandeliers, statuary, antiques and marble galore.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But who knew that the Roots would take Jay-Z’s music to another level on his MTV Unplugged or that orchestration would impart a new sense of opulence to Dua Lipa’s Live from the Royal Albert Hall last year?—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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White rum lays down a clean, spirited base, while the richness of maple syrup lends a silky depth that softens the citrus bite of fresh lemon juice.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Tender mushrooms and beef add richness, while dry red wine, Worcestershire sauce, and Dijon mustard add depth.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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If the marathons of New York and London showcase splendour and establishment and magnificence and size and place, then the Great North Run offers something else; to complete it, to witness it, is to understand its pull.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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For decades, moviegoers have come to appreciate his eye for artsy, captivating visuals, such as the opening montage of his latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, which begins with the magnificence of a Brooklyn morning.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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This gives the outfit a cool twist without sacrificing elegance.—
Emma Mehl,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
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Nothing more needs to be said to exhibit the chasm about to open up between two young women who share much in the way of gentility, elegance and accomplishments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So there's a nobility in that, but also an ickiness.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Ornateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornateness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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