conspicuous

Example Sentences

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“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary and capricious?”

From Salon

Patel ordered a fleet of the high-end vehicles for the FBI, “for the purpose of being less conspicuous on his outings,” the report says, citing four anonymous sources familiar with the situation.

From Salon

As they read out their statements, what stood out first was the conspicuous display of mutual respect.

From BBC

The first conspicuous virtue of the Constitution of Innovation project is its comparative modesty, arguing that the powers Brussels already has are more than enough.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Simon, I have no doubt that you are an excellent thief, and a dreadful knave, and a rascally rogue as well. But you would be far too conspicuous in an all-girls’ school.

From Literature