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sumptuous

[suhmp-choo-uhs] / ˈsʌmp tʃu əs /


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That interview now appears in book form, along with an extensive photo portfolio by Allan Grant, in “Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, the Last Interview,” a sumptuous volume that screams coffee-table chic: It’s pink!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

There were no immediate details on what kind of character Dern, 59, will play in the show, which typically involves murders, class tensions and sumptuous holiday spots.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

It found its way onto the sumptuous luggage that became the house’s trademark.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

After bouncing Rory Hutchinson earlier in the game, Carre stretched and produced a sumptuous soft-hand sky-hook offload out of contact to set Nick Tomkins running.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

She wrote to Obinze about the books she read, careful, sumptuous letters that opened, between them, a new intimacy; she had begun, finally, to grasp the power books had over him.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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