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as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
you could take a store-bought cake and fancify it so that it looks semi-homemade
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Verb
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People cautiously trickled back into the French Quarter, live bands resumed playing at their usual corners and mourners stopped by a makeshift memorial adorned with flowers and Mardi Gras beads.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025 -
Go for Bold Whether it's painted, papered, and adorned with art, don't just dip your toe in half way.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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First class on the Qantas Airbus A380 is a showy affair, equipped with high-end champagne and meals, fancy amenity kits, and doting service.—
Chris Dong,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2025
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There’s an entertainment and information component, too — somewhat like eating at a chef’s table, with showy beverages instead.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2025
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Her fingers were decorated with equally showstopping rings.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Every estate has been meticulously restored, decorated and furnished with a unique style and many of the artworks displayed in the homes have been specially commissioned.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yet in this production, a couple of these choices seem overwrought, especially since this ensemble of actors is more than equipped to convey the concepts of Williams’ work.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Some fussy aesthetic choices and occasionally overwrought camerawork (cinematography is by Miguel I. Litten-Menz) feel misaligned for the story, taking us out when we should be drawn in.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Such a grandiose vision requires numerous trips between Earth and other worlds, driving the desire for reusability.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Musk has made grandiose claims about the amount of money DOGE has saved the government, but the math has been filled with errors.—
Angrej Singh,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps no other artist has better succeeded at capturing Rio’s exuberant blend of maximalism and grit.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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Bringing the Huskies to within one, the play ignited an exuberant Gampel Pavilion crowd and the energy contagiously spread as UConn went on a 10-0 run to take its largest lead of the game.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This fresh, modern reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic by Andrew Ahn follows a group of friends who need to get married for convenience—until family arrives, and the plan spirals into extravagant, chaotic mayhem.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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One of the more extravagant is Maass by chef Ryan Ratino.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Cyrus’s early solo-music career was marked by chaos in both persona and output (remember Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz?); her style oscillated with an ostentatious lack of taste, and her music varied wildly between genres.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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The question is whether the Oscars can simultaneously indulge in its usual ostentatious glitz.—
Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Fancified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancified. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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