splendid
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Her take is a maelstrom of splendid beauty and doomed love, colliding at a feverish pace that makes the fidelity to Brontë’s book moot.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
Elsewhere, Augsburg beat St Pauli 2-1 and Werder Bremen's Keke Topp snatched a point with a splendid late goal at home in a 1-1 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
This team is no different, with several songs reaching iconic status simply based on the splendid feats that spring from their chords.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025
"The effect of his splendid example was immediate, and the company dashed out to the assault."
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
And then there is the good old AT, still quietly ticking along after six decades, unassuming, splendid, faithful to its founding principles, sweetly unaware that the world has quite moved on.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.