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Recent Examples of ostentatiously
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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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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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Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Spielberg worked within the system, Coppola spent lavishly and even ostentatiously to build his own studio and Lucas found his independence through a quieter, more conservative and technology-driven route.
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Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
And Bina Daigeler’s costumes are a hoot, ostentatiously fashionable and expensive and sexy.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
The elegant houses of Georgetown were ostentatiously weather-beaten.
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Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
But the sentiment — quelling a craving, fueling a fervor, feeding the psychic hunger of a fanbase famished for reasons to celebrate ostentatiously — is applicable more broadly, too.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
4 Dec. 2025
Foster’s creation attracts attention by being ostentatiously conservative.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
12 Nov. 2025
The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
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Nelly Klos
september 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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.
—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Spielberg worked within the system, Coppola spent lavishly and even ostentatiously to build his own studio and Lucas found his independence through a quieter, more conservative and technology-driven route.
—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
And Bina Daigeler’s costumes are a hoot, ostentatiously fashionable and expensive and sexy.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
The elegant houses of Georgetown were ostentatiously weather-beaten.
—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
But the sentiment — quelling a craving, fueling a fervor, feeding the psychic hunger of a fanbase famished for reasons to celebrate ostentatiously — is applicable more broadly, too.
—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
4 Dec. 2025
Foster’s creation attracts attention by being ostentatiously conservative.
—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
12 Nov. 2025
The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
—
Nelly Klos
september 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostentatiously
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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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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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Your 12th House of Rest and Reflection calls loudly as the sparkling Sun forms a quincunx with Pluto in your 7th House of Partnership.
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At least one shareholder loudly called for the return of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, while others voiced deep dissatisfaction with Nissan's continuing decline.
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The eastern Pennsylvania town of Easton was one of only three places (along with Philadelphia and Trenton) where the Declaration of Independence was read out loud to colonists, following its adoption on July 4, 1776.
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Despite being about the size of my hand, the speaker puts out loud, crystal-clear sound with an impressive twelve-hour battery life.
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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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“Ostentatiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostentatiously. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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