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elegant

[el-i-guhnt] / ˈɛl ɪ gənt /


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The arrangement may not be elegant or even rational, but it keeps hospitals operating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

A woman approached the stall where Vadym and his wife, who sells porcelain, had laid out what they had left, and asked the price of an elegant lamp with a cream-coloured shade.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Was it the most elegant way of handling the situation?

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

Belafonte “often visited Janet Kennedy’s couch in the late afternoon, when their sessions could segue easily into cocktails and dinner” at the Kennedys’ elegant apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

It was the missing page from “The Kohlrabi King” by Ella St. Clay written out on the walls in elegant blue paint.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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