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gaudy

[gaw-dee] / ˈgɔ di /


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It'll be long and tiresome in Washington on Friday, it's got all the potential to be gaudy and embarrassing, uneasy on the eyes and the ears.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Four years after Lincoln Riley arrived at USC amid gaudy promises to return the football program to national prominence, well, two words.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

The compensation is unprecedented, but investors have chosen this type of gaudy compensation for Musk in the past.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Burning Man Leftovers: These sculptures lack the gaudy grandeur of their relatives that are displayed annually at the festival in the Nevada desert but retain those works’ air of muesli-munching elitism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

He had been impressed with their perfection of equipment, discipline, grand gaudy uniforms, the pride of their officers.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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