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Recent Examples of baroque The shoes feature tones of sundial and baroque brown, and include sunflower motifs on the lip of the shoes. Julia Teti, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025 Housed in a 19th century Roman palazzo, the hotel’s 78 rooms and suites showcase Italian baroque opulence and the elegance of French classicism, striking the perfect balance between tradition and modernity. Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 As the series became progressively more baroque and ambitious with its mythology over the next two decades, a scene from the Christmas party at the compound featuring an array of minor characters (most of whom would eventually get their own backstories) is a treat for hardcore fans. Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 These movies were designed to turn audiences on, but their baroque plots supplied a degree of plausible deniability, while the involvement of A-list actors lent a level of prestige: Douglas’s filmography alone includes intimate encounters with Close, Sharon Stone, and Demi Moore. Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for baroque
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  • The day before Tanna Rae died, the U.S. National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for all of Arizona, coinciding with temperatures rising past 110 degrees.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There lies the problem: the intention to customize is honorable, but the execution—excessive repetition—like the extra spaces in Mail Merge, backfires.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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  • His intricate, mesmerizing, metal, light, and shadow sculptures in MICAS’ barrel vaults prove particularly sublime.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The design, which took more than 300 hours to make, included a corset bodice with intricate sparkling details that dripped down to the rest of the silk skirt.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Time after time, extreme pessimism has set the stage for outsized gains, on average, as evidenced by the 39 previous times where the number of Bulls has been equal to or less than the present tally.
    John Buckingham, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The staff forecasts and tracks tornadoes, hurricanes, and extreme rainfall events, and is also responsible for predicting solar storms and protecting the fish, crabs, and other species that help feed the nation.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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  • Although these big chip platforms are complicated to make, Nvidia can apply lessons learned from the Blackwell ramp to future product iterations.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
  • With triads, one dropout will force you into more complicated rematching.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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  • This fresh, modern reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic by Andrew Ahn follows a group of friends who need to get married for convenience—until family arrives, and the plan spirals into extravagant, chaotic mayhem.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • One of the more extravagant is Maass by chef Ryan Ratino.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • The study, published in the medical journal JAMA by the Benioff Homeless and Housing Initiative at UC San Francisco, gives a complex statistical picture of a topic that has been fraught by conflicting narratives.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Trump administration to acknowledge only a person’s gender assigned at birth, officials say Human biology is complex, and not all individuals fit neatly into binary categories, Evans told ABC News.
    Dr. Allia Vaez, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
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  • President Trump imposed steep new taxes Tuesday on imports from three of the country's biggest trading partners — China, Mexico and Canada — raising concerns about rising prices, a falling stock market, and retaliation against U.S. exporters.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Bitcoin, a market bellwether, fell 18% in February — its steepest drop since June 2022.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • What the presence of TSMC does do is complicate an already complex situation.
    Kerry Brown, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • That the aircraft impacted the ground so violently will no doubt complicate investigators' work, given the state of the physical evidence, Axios' Fitzpatrick adds.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 2 Feb. 2025

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“Baroque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baroque. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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