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Adjective
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Flowers mature into showy red fruits that persist into winter, providing food for songbirds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026 -
This sun-loving perennial produces showy bright blue or white thistlelike spherical blooms from mid to late summer.—
Lynn McAlpine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For a show built around characters who can’t move on, its music has a striking habit of staying with you long after the credits roll.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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The city’s legal department confirmed the investigation in an email to The Star this week, a striking acknowledgement that the probe remains ongoing.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Your 2nd house also supports practical purchases, which is a great reminder to make durable, budget-respectful choices over flashy upgrades.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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While the main areas can be dramatic and flashy with the disco balls, string lights, and bold colors, the rooms are light and serene—the perfect places to unwind and fall blissfully asleep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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With such a purposefully sparse scenic design and almost nothing in the way of splashy special effects besides some artful projections and the aforementioned trap doors, the actors are everything here.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ellis self-released a number of impressive mixtapes as Young Dot throughout the aughts, beginning with 2007’s splashy This Is the Beginning, before switching to his Dot Rotten name and continuing that run.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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Jared Wright skated it down and turned back a slick pass for Laughton, whose whirling, sharp-angle bid beat Dobeš improbably to the far side.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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In the end, such planning was rendered redundant by a combination of VAR and slick Chelsea play in extra time, leaving Wrexham to focus on perhaps making this fixture an annual event in the Premier League.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As in the previous collection that launched their tie-up, this lineup was the mood-boosting result of each designer’s flamboyant personality.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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But Lazzara, who drove a red Lamborghini, dyed his hair to stay youthful and favored flamboyant fur coats, bespoke tailoring and big opening-night parties, was cut from a different cloth entirely.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Des Moines’ most iconic restaurants aren’t defined by trends or glossy modernity — they’re built on decades of family tradition, neighborhood loyalty and recipes that have become part of the metro’s cultural DNA.—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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Buyers are no longer chasing the biggest footprint or the glossiest finishes.—
Mary Grace Granados
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Still, among your eclectic array of potential prospects, someone is also drawn to your originality and your snazzy ideas.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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That's right, Marathon is back and looking snazzier than before.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Showstopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showstopping. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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