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glitzy

[glit-see] / ˈglɪt si /












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The bot ostensibly draws on technology from Google’s Gemini chatbot and Grok, Elon Musk’s A.I. assistant, and the administration unveiled it at a glitzy rollout styled to look like a Silicon Valley product launch.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Swift also received the inaugural award for artist director, having written and directed the glitzy and theatrical Ophelia music video herself.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Working with such a learned person will prevent being scammed by a glitzy commercial.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Neither Tennessee resident cops to having much interest in Nashville’s glitzy Lower Broadway district, where tourists stumble from one bar owned by a name-brand country star to another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The lights go up, and what seemed glitzy and alive moments ago now seems like a shell of itself.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

High-end restaurants are opening, and they’re getting glitzier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025

American Family Field, home of the Brewers, opened in 2001 during the peak of the last round of nationwide stadium construction, as cities replaced multipurpose facilities with glitzier sport-specific structures.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

A lack of new models has also made it tougher for Tesla to take on rivals in China, where an uneven economic recovery and fresher, glitzier offerings from local players have weighed on demand.

From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2023

Whether you bought your purse on the other, glitzier side of Canal Street or from one of the shady guys right outside, you’ve wound up here at this Starbucks because you’re human.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

Even as the Jazz have gone about their business of building the best record in the N.B.A. this season, they have struggled to escape the long shadows cast by glitzier rivals.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2021

The rest of the basketball world has spent the entire season wondering whether this is the end of James’s eight-year partnership with the NBA’s glitziest franchise—his longest consecutive stint with a single team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

The glitziest exhibits belonged to the slot-machine manufacturers.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

And whether you watched the show live or are just catching up, there was much to learn from Hollywood’s glitziest night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

If Cannes, the world’s largest and glitziest film festival, stands for cinematic excess, its thunderous standing ovations can seem like its greatest overindulgence.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Gia ran her fingertips over the pocket watches on the counter of Fournier's Curious Clockwork Shop in the glitziest area of Betelmore's high street.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton


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