ostentatious
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Jay Gatsby’s ostentatious fortune failed to win the love of Daisy Buchanan.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 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
Payesh isn’t ostentatious, it doesn’t demand to be seen.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
Today it’s hard to imagine the White House without the North Portico, but when it was added under Andrew Jackson, it was called costly and ostentatious, Mr. McLaurin writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
There’s a little crying going on among them, some mutual patting and hand-holding, the ostentatious use of handkerchiefs.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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