extravagance
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"Extravagance is his personality" but it also serves a purpose in projecting strength, said Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2018
Simon Fairlie, author of Meat: a Benign Extravagance, points out that it attributes literally all deforestation globally to the meat business.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2016
Extravagance is taking all of August off when your country is in a recession.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2014
Extravagance is apparently no longer the taboo it used to be in Asia.
From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2011
"Extravagance is surely a question of degree," she replied.
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
Vocabulary lists containing extravagance
The Crucible
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