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Noun
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But what really stays with you is the quiet intimacy hidden inside that grandeur, thanks to small reading rooms, gallery-like corridors, and staircases that suddenly open to the sea.—
Gina Góngora,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026 -
There’s certainly an abstract commercial grandeur to it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ragusa’s paintings explore opulence, yet evoke a kind of existential angst, while Brown’s work reclaims the symbols that haunt our nightmares, turning fear into empowerment.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles’ opulence — bankrolled by Mark Walter, the Guggenheim Group, an advantageous TV deal, and dominance of the Japanese market thanks to the team’s stars from the country — has led to a budget over $400 million once again.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Serve with crusty bread, garlic toast, or a simple green salad with a tangy vinaigrette to balance the soup’s richness.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Due to this chemical richness, the team decided to examine the nebula in greater detail using the Mid-Infrared Instrument on JWST.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
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The film’s press campaign has, quite reasonably, played up the magnificence of Skarsgård’s body in leather and winked at the transgressiveness on display.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Spend some time fishing on Sprague Lake, or take in the magnificence of a sunrise at Bear Lake.—
Giovanna Caravetta,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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Despite the buildings’ lavishness, the plastics meeting is in a downstairs space that’s less Dubai bling than basic corporate nice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Then again, a sense of glamour and lavishness—two pillars of Old Hollywood, when the big film studios had big money to burn—still goes hand-in-hand with awards season dressing today, too.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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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
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There’s even a little bit of elegance to the way the first three episodes are delivered through Eleanor’s perspective, followed by two Nancy episodes and two Mary episodes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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The living quarters exude a minimalist elegance, with natural materials and soft textures throughout.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Ornateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornateness. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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