conspicuous
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Another possible explanation involves aposematism, a defensive strategy in which animals display conspicuous colors to advertise that they are poisonous or otherwise dangerous.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
And in a game where the group often latches on to any conspicuous sign of questionable behaviour, Acaster's prediction was confirmed.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Xi’s absence from the marquee social event was conspicuous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The gay-inflected camp loses steam, and I wondered about the production’s insistence on modernizing Gullen with modern technology and media, changes that become more conspicuous when consumerism takes over the town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He was almost impossible to overlook, in fact, if only because he was a chatterbox and a prankster and he made himself conspicuous.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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