conspicuous

Example Sentences

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Leavitt and other members of the Trump administration have made an conspicuous display of their Christian faith.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“When you’re an analyst or an associate, you want to look clean, sharp and polished, but conspicuous branding should be avoided.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Its opening sequence is both graceful and conspicuous; its exposition is entirely legible, yet so very charming that its plainness doesn’t matter one bit.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

"In one sense very conspicuous and in another sense invisible, so we need to get over that step so that people feel just as much part of our community as we ourselves feel."

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Next morning, Miss Scatcherd wrote in conspicuous characters on a piece of pasteboard the word “Slattern,” and bound it like a phylactery round Helen’s large, mild, intelligent, and benign-looking forehead.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë