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grandiose

[gran-dee-ohs, gran-dee-ohs] / ˈgræn diˌoʊs, ˌgræn diˈoʊs /


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Or is that just grandiose window-dressing for an A.I. company leading several other A.I. companies to IPOs?

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2026

While Elon Musk asks investors to gamble $80 billion on his grandiose promises about SpaceX, it’s worth taking another look at the grandiose promises he was making just a year ago.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The United States is this year's host of the Group of 20 major economies and Trump has promised a grandiose summit in December in his adopted home state of Florida.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

His threats and boasts are laced with grandiose language and delivered in a booming, British-accented voice.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Ernest spun a grandiose vision of how science being done right there on the Berkeley campus would change human lives, not just through advances in physics but in the fields of health and medicine.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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