extravagant
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In 2009, Perry gave himself a particularly extravagant birthday present when he purchased White Bay Cay in the Bahamas, along with a neighboring island.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The physical staging, featuring Aaron Rhyne’s projections, Matthew Richards’ lighting and Jonathan Burke’s sound design, is as imaginative as it is impressively extravagant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Musha Cay operates as an ultraexclusive resort, allowing guests to experience the kind of privacy usually enjoyed only by the rich and famous—provided they’re prepared to pay the appropriately extravagant price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"It was a very large extravagant thing to do, but it was a way of showing your wealth and importance and that sort of thing," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Even Sebond’s work had fallen foul of the censors, not for its basic thrust, but for the extravagant claims made on behalf of it by Sebond in his preface.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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