as in pomp
excessive or unnecessary display
the sheer ostentation of the rock star's mansion was overwhelming
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Recent Examples of ostentation
This gesture contrasts in the central avenue of Vassilissis Sofia, with the ostentation of the immediate official buildings, where the flags are flying full.
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Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
Small in scale, devoid of ostentation, and otherwise deferential to Carmel’s forest character—Dyar Architecture’s Carmelo connects the dots between Carmel-by-the-Sea’s architectural past and present.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
What existed in the White House was a relative lack of ostentation — formal, but showing occasional signs of wear and tear, proof that this was a People’s House, not a palace.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Formula 1 has Monaco, with its ostentation and air of exclusivity.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
Small in scale, devoid of ostentation, and otherwise deferential to Carmel’s forest character—Dyar Architecture’s Carmelo connects the dots between Carmel-by-the-Sea’s architectural past and present.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
What existed in the White House was a relative lack of ostentation — formal, but showing occasional signs of wear and tear, proof that this was a People’s House, not a palace.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Formula 1 has Monaco, with its ostentation and air of exclusivity.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostentation
Noun
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There aren’t crowds of excited supporters or the pomp of champagne glasses and white tablecloths.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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But the Dodgers scored a run off Mason Miller (introduced with pomp and video flames on the scoreboard as ‘The Reaper’) in the ninth inning and beat him and the San Diego Padres, 5-4, on Tuesday night.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Private booths get their own treatments, too, and the bar is done up with even more ornamentation to make spirits bright.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
2 Dec. 2025
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Comparable in size to the Arc de Triomphe, the Porte Monumentale also contained surface ornamentation based on Haeckel’s exacting lifelong documentation of organisms to be found in the world’s oceans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The story weaves together themes of migration, memory and intergenerational belonging, and was produced on a modest budget with no major stars or spectacle to drive ticket sales.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Suffice it to say that the spectacle, while not exactly comparable to watching paint dry, is not always scintillating.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
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These flourishes, recalling New York’s Jazz Age flamboyance, give the vast interior its fizz — and will inevitably have value engineers salivating to trim, slice, and simplify.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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Nobody wants to hear this — not Eisenhower, not Krick and definitely not Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Damian Lewis, leaning into the flamboyance).—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Inside England’s media center The media center has some cool decorations.—
Pete Grathoff
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform and for decoration in general.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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The first owner of Hollywood Casino in Aurora was the Pratt family, who had strong ties to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and brought all the glitz and glam with them.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Williams mined her love of Hollywood — from the glitz of the Oscars to reading industry trades as a child — to create Sasha's character.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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The Canadian mansion became the place for murder, and the crew spent four or five days ramping up the gaudiness of the house with new wall art and other key pieces of dressing.—
Vanessa Armstrong,
IndieWire,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Rose is another extraordinary showcase for her gifts and a master class in the art of acting with rigor, honesty, physicality and zero showiness.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Garcia’s finest new dishes underscore his talent for complexity that bypasses showiness.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Ostentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostentation. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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