as in to boast
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
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Recent Examples of vaunt
Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
While people are generally gracious about missteps, recent surges in tourist numbers are starting to strain that vaunted hospitality.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
The vaunting acclaim the retrospective elicited seems largely unwarranted, though in several brilliant sequences scattered throughout his work, the unruly Rozier achieved an impulsive kind of mastery.
—James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025
In a private message that the president subsequently posted for the world to see, NATO Secretary-General Marke Rutte vaunted Mr. Trump’s impact on the alliance in Trump-pleasing style – right down to the use of capital letters.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2025
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Verb
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
While people are generally gracious about missteps, recent surges in tourist numbers are starting to strain that vaunted hospitality.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
The vaunting acclaim the retrospective elicited seems largely unwarranted, though in several brilliant sequences scattered throughout his work, the unruly Rozier achieved an impulsive kind of mastery.
—James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025
In a private message that the president subsequently posted for the world to see, NATO Secretary-General Marke Rutte vaunted Mr. Trump’s impact on the alliance in Trump-pleasing style – right down to the use of capital letters.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaunt
Verb
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The Flyers rebounded to win two of three on the road — including a 7-3 stunner at Colorado, who boast the best record in the NHL — but failed to carry that momentum with them home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement MiniMax grew to prominence with low-cost AI video generation, though today boasts multimodal models that rank favorably across text, video, or audio benchmarks.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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My personal vote is for Mala Mía by Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera — a short but impactful five-track EP that blends Tex-Mex swagger and SoCal grit over heartfelt themes and sierreño guitar interplay.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
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Bader was beloved by Phillies teammates, coaches and fans for his energy and swagger.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Last month, prosecutors dropped assault charges against Marimar Martinez after questions arose about the official version of an agent who shot her in traffic in Brighton Park, purportedly in self-defense, then bragged later about his marksmanship in text messages with his buddies.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the Daily Caller, Neff bragged about his posts to at least one colleague.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Play Now Toni’s blasé egotism is mostly consistent across a film filled with conspiracy, backstabbing, and political fallout.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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The original 1877 building has grown not just to house the museum’s burgeoning collections and encompass its expanding role as an educator, entertainer and research institution, but to project an evolving sense of science’s self-conceit.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
4 May 2023
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The show brought blockbuster buzz for its first season from the start and the Emmys ate it up, whether because of Hollywood’s love for stories about itself (with A-list guest stars) or the television industry’s love for stories that mock the self-importance of movie people.—
Andrew Dalton,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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We’d sometimes get threatened, and that only inflated our self-importance.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now the babble about them is back.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.—
David Velasco,
Harpers Magazine,
18 Dec. 2023
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“Vaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunt. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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