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Recent Examples of sumptuousness
Each of the Maisons is represented via artifacts that tell their unique stories of sumptuousness and cultural dialogue that helped shape diplomacy, identity, and popular culture.
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Nancy Olson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.
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Laura E. Helton,
Literary Hub,
20 Apr. 2026
Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags.
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Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
Chavarria and Onofre’s women’s styles boasted materials like goat suede, python leather, and rabbit fur, supplementing their sumptuousness with contemporary 3D printing inspired, curiously, by the shape of toes.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Nancy Olson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.
—
Laura E. Helton,
Literary Hub,
20 Apr. 2026
Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags.
—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
Chavarria and Onofre’s women’s styles boasted materials like goat suede, python leather, and rabbit fur, supplementing their sumptuousness with contemporary 3D printing inspired, curiously, by the shape of toes.
—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sumptuousness
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The building's opulence is a humbling, stunning testament to this city's centuries-long commitment to the arts.
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Its interior is notable for its opulence, with a rear-seat experience that rivals the front for comfort and luxury.
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Taking the latter to another level is the new Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram Series, the first two-seater from the marque’s division devoted to automotive lavishness.
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There’s an understated lavishness; no celebrity interior designers have been let loose and rooms have a lustrous palette of pinks, yellows and blues.
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Each piece spells out a message—happiness, beauty, and magnificence—in the ancient pictorial writing.
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Championing not just human magnificence but human imperfection is a radical turn.
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French oak contributes richness without overwhelming the fruit, allowing citrus, stone fruit and fresh acidity to remain at the forefront.
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Lean into this richness and creative legacy by spending an entire day checking out the city’s world-class museums.
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Everything about the palatial Southern California retreat exudes Italian grandeur and classic elegance.
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Brooks, ever one for grandeur, once compared his approach in Blazing Saddles to Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, among the earliest works by the painter that are considered truly revolutionary.
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The affair is set to be expensive fête typical of luxury celeb nuptials, however the couple donated $26 million to charity ahead of their big day.
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Miami is changing, with waterfront luxury and billionaire property purchases.
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But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
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The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.
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The mild-mannered DiLiegro has firm opinions about everything from meat-cutting to the resplendence of the Boston Red Sox.
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All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous.
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“Sumptuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sumptuousness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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