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extravagance

[ik-strav-uh-guhns] / ɪkˈstræv ə gəns /


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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

As a result, Prof Voon says, friends or family can regard the change in behaviour as generosity or extravagance - rather than anything pathological - and so it continues.

From BBC ● May 1, 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

Trust that if you’ve never enjoyed your eggs with such extravagance and complexity, it will change your palate for the better.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Sometimes for extravagance to pick a bunch of flowers for the one table.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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

"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

The One and its myriad extravagances are reserved for sheiks and nobles, celebrities and CEOs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021

That is to say, every person to cross its doors is entitled to the most lavish extravagances imaginable.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021

Though all his others break, this shall forever hold, regardless of how many gallant extravagances he may put on it.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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