conspicuous
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Interest-based consumption is less dependent on debt-fueled housing wealth and less politically awkward than conspicuous luxury.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
It’s their money, and too many Angelenos do love conspicuous consumption.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Yet the most important summer arrival may well have been the least conspicuous.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Its opening sequence is both graceful and conspicuous; its exposition is entirely legible, yet so very charming that its plainness doesn’t matter one bit.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Though if she was trying not to be noticed, she probably should have picked something less conspicuous.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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