Thesaurus / flourish

flourish

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nouncurlicue, decoration

verbgrow, prosper
verbwave about

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See also synonyms for: flourished / flourishing

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Tatel’s writing is sparse and not prone to rhetorical flourishes.

JUDGE DAVID TATEL’S LACK OF EYESIGHT NEVER DEFINED HIM, BUT HIS BLINDNESS IS WOVEN INTO THE CULTURE OF THE INFLUENTIAL APPEALS COURT IN D.C.ANN MARIMOWJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

We will not even speak of lattices and other decorative flourishes.

AMERICA FORGOT HOW TO MAKE PROPER PIE. CAN WE REMEMBER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?MEGAN MCARDLEJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The Switch does not lack visual innovation or artistic flourishes necessary to create inarguably beautiful games whose visuals fully justify playing them on a really big-screen TV.

BEST NINTENDO SWITCH GAMES FOR GRAPHICS: THE TITLES THAT JUSTIFY JUMPING TO THE BIG SCREENBILLY CADDENJUNE 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

In fact it was just those flourishes — seen as revolutionary at the time — that reportedly turned off old-school members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ documentary branch.

ACTORS IN DOCUMENTARIES USED TO BE TABOO. NOW THEY’RE THE STARS.ANN HORNADAYMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Roasted red peppers and an orange shellfish emulsion lend color to the classic, which is staged in a blue bowl for even more flourish.

GLOVER PARK GRILL WOOS ITS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ALL-AMERICAN COOKINGTOM SIETSEMAMARCH 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Certain editing choices and flourishes — like fade-outs at the end of a scene — pay homage to a bygone era of Hollywood filmmaking.

DAVID FINCHER’S NEW MOVIE MANK IS A BROADSIDE AGAINST HOLLYWOOD SELF-CONGRATULATIONALISSA WILKINSONDECEMBER 4, 2020VOX

It drew immediate notice, not just because of its impressive ability to mimic stylistic flourishes and put together plausible content, but also because of how far it had come from a previous version.

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During the pandemic when marketing budgets have frozen, publishers have experienced an uptick in shorter-form, quickly completed social branded content campaigns, with lower production costs and multimedia flourishes.

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In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.

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He bowed, with a flourish of his plumed hat, and would with that have taken his departure but that the Seneschal stayed him.

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