lavish
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But here’s the thing: All the money the Dodgers lavish upon their major league roster isn’t what made the trade for Skubal possible.
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 2, 2026
Sprawling across 7,190 square feet, the lavish abode also boasts a saltwater pool, a tennis court, a greenhouse, an antique barn, a treehouse, and other features.
From MarketWatch â Jul. 22, 2026
Leonard Bernstein’s lavish orchestrations of his “Three Dances from ‘On the Town’” and Ellington’s “Harlem” benefited from Wilkins’ low-key conducting, offering ease and freedom to the players.
From Los Angeles Times â Jul. 16, 2026
“How was that tennis rally won? How did that soccer attack build? It can be instantly overlaid with lavish graphics unpacking the action.”
From The Wall Street Journal â Jul. 12, 2026
Even her customers, offering lavish praise and seeking details about the food, could not get her to linger in conversation.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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The compassionate attention she lavishes on her gentle, troubled protagonist opens up an entire world, if you’re willing to take in what’s been hiding in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times â Oct. 8, 2024
He lavishes attention on the more culturally salient story of Riefenstahl but muddles its significance in a playful, morally uncommitted approach that perhaps might be more satisfying with supplemental biographical material.
From Los Angeles Times â Jul. 31, 2024
Indeed the most startling thing about the whole thing is Raiff’s regard for his own charms, which presumably explains the close-ups he lavishes on both Andrew and the women who indulge him.
From New York Times â Jun. 16, 2022
The playwright sneaks in bits of enjoyable wordplay, too, as when Rev lavishes praise on his own grilling skills.
From Washington Post â May 26, 2022
He lavishes attention on the great storm-colored beast and her tiny rider from the moment we meet in the morning until the moment they disappear for the parade.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Some cabinet members, like Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, lavished the president with adulation in their comments.
From Salon â Jun. 2, 2026
Tech billionaires—Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeff Bezos and Steve and Connie Ballmer come to mind—never guessed that the network of climate groups on which they lavished their millions would eventually turn on their industry.
From The Wall Street Journal â May 20, 2026
Most Silicon Valley companies at the time lavished their top engineering talent with free lunches, on-site dry cleaning, nap pods and other luxury amenities.
From MarketWatch â Apr. 4, 2026
Likewise, the camera observes Weinberg’s Tereza with a sensual tactility that I haven’t seen lavished on any actor over 70 who hasn’t spent her golden years at the plastic surgeon.
From Los Angeles Times â Apr. 3, 2026
It had, clearly, once been lavished with time, and attention, and hope.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Wall Street hasn’t exactly been lavishing the stock with praise lately.
From Barron's â Apr. 29, 2026
Companies were growing and bosses were lavishing ever-higher pay and perks.
From The Wall Street Journal â Mar. 30, 2026
For much of his second term, Trump has seemed to bestride the globe, lavishing his attention on a wide range of international issues.
From Slate â Mar. 10, 2026
But that zeal for lavishing cash did not carry over to the school’s athletic department, which ranked fourth from the bottom of the conference with just $16 million in donations over the same period.
From Los Angeles Times â Sep. 6, 2024
Paying her sailors and soldiers at the meanest rates, she gives large salaries to their officers, lavishing incredible sums on many of them for doing literally nothing.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
Vocabulary lists containing lavish
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1â7
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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Grade 9, List 6
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