extravagance
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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
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
There was eloquent solo playing in the orchestra, and extravagance from the solo singers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Jo frowned upon that piece of extravagance, and asked why he didn’t buy a frail of dates, a cask of raisins, and a bag of almonds, and be done with it?
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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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
Kelce, then, is another type of distraction, a reminder that Murphy trades in some of the same extravagances he may be critiquing.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024
Prosecutors say Mr Biden "wilfully" failed to either pay or file his taxes to the Internal Revenue Service from 2016 to 2019, instead spending his money on personal extravagances.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
The One and its myriad extravagances are reserved for sheiks and nobles, celebrities and CEOs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
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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