extravagant

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Sentencing her, Judge Jason Taylor KC said: "Blinded by your greed you persistently and manipulatively pulled whatever lever you thought necessary to fund your extravagant lifestyle."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“The extravagant gifting and banqueting and entertaining that fueled one big sector of imported wine has evaporated,” said Ian Ford, founding partner of Nimbility, an Asia-based beverage consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Whether he needs many more millions is a separate question, and recent signs point to financial troubles aside from his notoriously extravagant spending.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Opera fabricated the extravagant 18th century garments, which Slattery said have become a “staff tourist attraction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann