obscenely
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Call options, which increase in value when stocks advance, are extraordinarily active and are attracting buyers even though prices are obscenely expensive.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The blockbuster made Mr. Lucas obscenely rich and that allowed him to build the independent Bay Area studio Mr. Coppola could never quite make happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The bulk of the glossies’ ad buys were earmarked for often obscenely hefty September and December issues.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
Is it Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond, the obscenely wealthy-but-faded star obsessed with comebacks and raining contempt on anyone who doesn’t approach her with abject fealty and admiration?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
But then again, he would be an obscenely rich dwarf.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
