glitz

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Recent Examples of glitz Yet something of an older, more reserved, and perhaps less tolerant Europe still remains underneath the glitz. Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025 As men’s fashion has become more democratic on the red carpet, there are still clients of White’s who prefer a traditional approach to all the glitz and glamour. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025 And if that weren’t enough glitz, the cast will now include a two-time Oscar winner. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025 All the glitz of the Dodger’s Hollywood roster came to Tokyo, marking a second straight year the Dodgers have opened their season in Asia. Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glitz
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Noun
  • No other professional sport treats its opening day with as much pomp and ceremony as baseball, in which flashbacks of openers from the past are always most welcome.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • But behind the Cold War pomp and propaganda, Camp Century formed a testing ground for a clandestine mission known as Project Iceworm.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Elite football is very demanding, but anything that makes people enjoy it more and is more of a spectacle.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Without the spectacle of a subscriber gain this time around, the company’s shares ticked up in after-hours trading but by a comparatively modest 4%.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As luxury fashion began to tilt toward flamboyance and logo-happy flash, the Meiers were unafraid to show something as stark as pencil-straight dark trousers with a white button-up.
    Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • That’s why the two-level Red Katz has the allure of a Parisian brasserie, the flamboyance of a 1930s New York City speakeasy and a mouthwatering menu that beautifully blends their Asian roots and French epicureanism.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The pink-and-brown mansion, often considered a monument to Roaring 20s ostentation, stretches from Lake Worth to the Atlantic Ocean and contains 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, three bomb shelters, a theater, a ballroom and a nine-hole golf course.
    Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The mansion, often considered a monument to Roaring ‘20s ostentation, stretches from the Intracoastal to the Atlantic Ocean.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The record itself is pretty stripped down, with a small combo and not a lot of ornamentation.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Pope Francis’s tweaks are mostly focused on simplifying the ceremonies and eliminating unnecessary ornamentation.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • From giant eggs in the garden to welcoming porch signs, decorations can range from whimsical to elegant.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This research underlines the creator's indication that home decorations reveal something about a person.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 2024 Spectre only got a two-day test drive in Long Beach, CA, earlier this week, but that was enough to experience a warm bath of utter swank, style and power of the electric supercar.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • To tap into their spot’s downtown ethos, the trio tapped industry titan Billy Cotton to design an interior swank enough to match the food at Bridges.
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But the Elysian Bar did them one better, augmenting the oysters’ natural luxuriance with thin slices of kumquat and a measured gush of chile-spiked citrus.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020

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“Glitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glitz. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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