extravagance
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His family’s biggest extravagance was a trip to Applebee’s, the American chain restaurant that once had outposts in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The prima donna in extremis in Pearl Cleage’s “Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous,” which is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, has an air of Bette Davis extravagance to her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
As a result, Prof Voon says, friends or family can regard the change in behaviour as generosity or extravagance - rather than anything pathological - and so it continues.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
The coziness comes from structure: meals designed to nourish through cold months, to make use of preserved ingredients, to create warmth without extravagance.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
We might be inclined to laugh at the extravagance of his beauty-worship if there were not some-thing almost magnificent in his single-minded dedication to it.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Saudi Arabia is focusing on Vision 2030's more pragmatic ventures as extravagances like NEOM, a futuristic city in the desert, and Riyadh's cuboid skyscraper Mukaab, are scaled back or scrapped to save costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Kelce, then, is another type of distraction, a reminder that Murphy trades in some of the same extravagances he may be critiquing.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024
"Anytime he would do any renovations to Sussex Drive or repairs, the media would be all over him for extravagances," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
But then they pay off their debts and the taxes on their winnings, and indulge in a few extravagances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Though all his others break, this shall forever hold, regardless of how many gallant extravagances he may put on it.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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