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gaudy

[gaw-dee] / ˈgɔ di /


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Investors are suddenly very nervous about the gaudy sums tech giants are spending on AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Between Raton, N.M., and Trinidad, Colo., amid a gaudy sunset, we crept past a herd of elk, then plunged into a tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

It'll be long and tiresome in Washington on Friday, it's got all the potential to be gaudy and embarrassing, uneasy on the eyes and the ears.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

The compensation is unprecedented, but investors have chosen this type of gaudy compensation for Musk in the past.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

My father loaned me one of his three moth-eaten, gaudy ties, with a tongue so wide it spanned the width of my waist.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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