elegant

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On paper, Roth conversions sound elegant: Move money from a pretax account to a Roth, pay tax now, reduce future tax risk.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

“Euphemistic speech is the highest form of thinking, human intelligence, an elegant, ‘veiled,’ neutralized, softened figurative expression of reality,” Xilola Inomovna Ismailova, an English teacher at Kokand State University, wrote last year.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Ian McKellen plays a cantankerous painter, Michael Jackson’s electrifying talent comes through in a new biopic, Albert Camus’s ‘The Stranger’ gets an elegant adaptation, and much, much more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Kiara Brokenbrough’s 2022 wedding to Joel Brokenbrough drew national headlines for its elegant simplicity on a $500 budget.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Entering the sparkling city of Budapest, Fischer checked into one of the most romantic and elegant hotels in the city, the Gellért, right on the Danube, and had lunch on the terrace.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady