as in blatant
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
the student's theme was marred by a number of egregious errors in spelling
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Recent Examples of egregious
At Meta, a source familiar with what happened said, only the most egregious offenders were let go.
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Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The 49ers’ beleaguered special teams units have contributed to the 4-4 start, but made no egregious errors and kept the explosive Dallas return game in check Sunday night.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
This erasure is especially egregious, since the Beats’ hipster stylings drew heavily from a proximity to Blackness and imitation of jazz musicians.
—Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
In 2024, TikTok expanded its rules against promoting unhealthy eating habits, including preventing particularly egregious accounts from monetizing the content and age-restricting other versions.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The 49ers’ beleaguered special teams units have contributed to the 4-4 start, but made no egregious errors and kept the explosive Dallas return game in check Sunday night.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
This erasure is especially egregious, since the Beats’ hipster stylings drew heavily from a proximity to Blackness and imitation of jazz musicians.
—Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
In 2024, TikTok expanded its rules against promoting unhealthy eating habits, including preventing particularly egregious accounts from monetizing the content and age-restricting other versions.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egregious
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As the Cure’s front man and primary songwriter, Smith’s never been shy about drawing blatant lyrical inspiration from his favorite books and poems.Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is the continuation of the latest fake media outrage days before the election in a blatant attempt to interfere on behalf of Kamala Harris.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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But what was once hard to fathom is now an obvious reality.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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In a race supposedly too close to call, the surprise wasn't that Trump won, which was always an obvious possibility, but how quickly the results took shape — this was supposed to take days, remember.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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During the first 45 seconds of the cold open, half of the cast soberly rattles off some of the president-elect’s many glaring deficits.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Introduced in 1883 to prevent players from lurking near the opponent's goal, soccer’s offside rule is a glaring, often contentious example.Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Egregious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egregious. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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