extravagance
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Exotic flavors such as yuzu and seaweed are slightly more, while black truffle is an extravagance at nearly €17.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The 39-year-old wore a striking Egyptian-inspired white and gold outfit, complete with a cape and draped sleeves, though his answers did not match the extravagance of his attire.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
In the background to all of that extravagance was a pending Premier League judgment against Man City on 115 charges of breaching financial regulations over the course of a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“Drag is often obviously about a certain kind of extravagance and fabulousness and Maddie is very humble,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Her compliments were clotted with an extravagance that made them seem insincere, yet her friends smiled and bloomed under them.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Saudi Arabia is focusing on Vision 2030's more pragmatic ventures as extravagances like NEOM, a futuristic city in the desert, and Riyadh's cuboid skyscraper Mukaab, are scaled back or scrapped to save costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Otherwise Nick and the various characters peel groups of audience members away to separate rooms off the main ballroom: lounges and boudoirs styled with domestic extravagances of the time, including tufted velvet couches and chaises.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
"Anytime he would do any renovations to Sussex Drive or repairs, the media would be all over him for extravagances," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
Marie Antoinette's own extravagances ran to near-constant renovations of her palace Petit Trianon.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022
True, the $30 slacks in Key West and the $20 belt in Minneapolis were extravagances; I now know I could have done better at the Salvation Army or even at Wal- Mart.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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