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Recent Examples of imposingly
Those mounds stood about six feet high while Litchfield’s church-like cathedral termite mounds imposingly reached up to 26 feet.
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Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imposingly
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Director Wincer and scenarist Wittliff have created a big-hearted epic that sits tall in the saddle, a vivid video display of cowboy iconography that’s got the Emmy brand all over it, and that thrillingly shows how the West can be magnificently won by Hollywood.—
Miles Beller,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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The castle’s Waterloo Chamber, a magnificently opulent space that today is most commonly used for investitures but previously hosted theatrical and pantomime productions under Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, was transformed into a screening room for the occasion.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps most impressively, the process is also reported to double as a purifier with some optimization.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The execs had seen firsthand what was wrong, and recognized that the IRS’s first CEO is richly equipped to deliver the fix.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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But the brownie base itself is still richly chocolatey and tender.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In November, the content creator, who first established a tradition of dressing extravagantly for her relatives' holiday parties in 2021, pulled up to her family function in a look inspired by a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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Her other top picks include luxuriously soft wide-leg pants, a high-neck midi dress, and a silk maxi skirt, all of which are machine washable.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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This luxuriously comforting dinner is just what the doctor called for.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Yet this is truly an ensemble show, in which each performer has multiple opportunities to shine, executing some splendidly silly bits together, such as delivering CPR to a sandwich or convincingly channeling their inner tots during some post-bedtime horseplay.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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The terry cloth—for those who fear its potential micro-scratch—is sumptuously soft and, perhaps most importantly, maintains its texture wash after wash.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
2 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, Gaudí was overseeing the building of the Casa Milà, a sumptuously curvaceous apartment building in Barcelona.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tarrant County’s high-performing districts Mansfield ISD’s Director of Early Childhood Ashton Oliver attributed the district’s success in kindergarten readiness rates to its professional learning communities for pre-K, in addition to the district’s unique pre-K curriculum.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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When Espinoza Martínez was first arrested, he was labeled by the Department of Homeland Security as a high-ranking member of the Latin Kings street gang, someone who had the power to pay other gang members to commit murder of a top government official.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Imposingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imposingly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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