ostentatiously
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
Famously, Sam Altman asked for his $50,000 deposit on the long-overdue electric hypercar to be returned, and Elon Musk ostentatiously complied.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Even if they could ostentatiously display their wealth, Mr Wegmüller believes "our guests won't want to show off what they have".
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025
Anyway, into a full-color but still ostentatiously theatrical desert landscape where Augie and Midge and a gaggle of middle-school science geeks get stuck in a mash-up of Wes Anderson themes and moments.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2023
They came to the store and ostentatiously looked over whatever she was doing and went back to report to him at the house.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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