ostentatious
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Her expensive renovation of the dilapidated White House was ridiculed as ostentatious and an inappropriate use of money during wartime.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
In an era of “common prosperity” and a tightening labor market for youth, ostentatious displays of wealth have become viewed as tone-deaf.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
A Dubai restaurant has opened that prides itself on having the world's "first AI chef", the latest ostentatious dive into new technology in a city obsessed with being on the cutting edge of the future.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
Additionally, when food inflation and rising beef prices prevail, it’s hard to imagine that ostentatious couture would be at the top of consumers’ spending list.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
It ended, again in a gesture of ostentatious moderation, with the unadorned signature: “G. Washington, United States.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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