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One striking trend would be embracing sustainable and eco-friendly fashion, a testament to the party’s awareness of a younger, more environmentally conscious electorate more averse to conspicuous consumption.
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Essence, 17 Aug. 2024
Vance’s critique of conspicuous consumption among the poor is something everyone should consider.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
After all, mob wife aesthetic is conspicuous consumption.
—Vanessa Rosales Altamar, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2024
An abrupt drop in the sale of luxury goods after the campaign began suggests a temporary restraint in bribery and conspicuous consumption.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
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Essence, 17 Aug. 2024
Vance’s critique of conspicuous consumption among the poor is something everyone should consider.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
After all, mob wife aesthetic is conspicuous consumption.
—Vanessa Rosales Altamar, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2024
An abrupt drop in the sale of luxury goods after the campaign began suggests a temporary restraint in bribery and conspicuous consumption.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspicuous consumption
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This year’s compilation reaches across the globe for wines of deliciousness in a range of price points from a $16 sparkling to $125 Barolo super splurge.Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Just keep a budget in mind; Mercury in Sagittarius can inspire splurges, but those credit card bills are real.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Your generosity should have been acknowledged, and when the wedding was called off, your money should have been returned rather than applied to a mother/daughter vacation.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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In business and in charity, Bernie was unparalleled in generosity and goodwill.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The staging remains perched on the edge of extravagance, only flirting with splendor.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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In a lawsuit pending in Los Angeles Superior Court, Shangri-La has accused its former CFO, Cody Holmes, of embezzling housing money and spending it on personal extravagances, including tickets to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, jewelry and rent for a Beverly Hills mansion.Anna Scott, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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Both are experiments in light—the former considering how a profusion of illuminated rooms and cars had reshaped the Manhattan sky, the latter mulling how a gigantic boulder can turn a sunny landscape dark.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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By Judy Berman September 5, 2024 12:40 PM EDT What more could possibly be left to say about TV’s post-Big Little Lies profusion of glossy domestic thrillers?Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Conspicuous consumption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspicuous%20consumption. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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