splendid

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In its many guises, idolatry has survived, despite regular and often cataclysmic proof of its dangers, for centuries and many people will consider a much-larger-than-life golden statue of a president to be perfectly splendid.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The museum gathers a splendid array of portraits to highlight the many meanings of fashion in the English painter’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Her take is a maelstrom of splendid beauty and doomed love, colliding at a feverish pace that makes the fidelity to Brontë’s book moot.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Elsewhere, Augsburg beat St Pauli 2-1 and Werder Bremen's Keke Topp snatched a point with a splendid late goal at home in a 1-1 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

They drew rein in Sparta before the lordly dwelling, a house far more splendid than either young man had ever seen.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton