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spectacular

[spek-tak-yuh-ler] / spɛkˈtæk yə lər /


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Communities also tend to be suspicious of outsiders who suddenly flood in to treat what they say is an emergency but that many locals see as a spectacular misuse of resources.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Most of the artificial-intelligence story gets told from the supplier side, where the numbers are spectacular.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Analysts said that trip showed Kim's elevated status as he appeared alongside Xi and Putin at the spectacular military parade -- a striking display of his growing standing on the global stage.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It would have to be something so spectacular that he would change his mind about forcing them to move.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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