as in blatant
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
the student's theme was marred by a number of egregious errors in spelling
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Become Sellers At The Deadline The Saints have been notorious for having one of the more egregious salary cap situations in the NFL.
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The commission has fined stations in egregious circumstances.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
In some particularly egregious cases, a direct response has been necessary.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
The fine is fatter than the €17 million Meta had to pay over a 2018 security breach, but this is a company that had to pay a €1.2 billion GDPR fine not so long ago—and that could theoretically be fined over $5 billion under that law for a particularly egregious violation.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The commission has fined stations in egregious circumstances.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
In some particularly egregious cases, a direct response has been necessary.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
The fine is fatter than the €17 million Meta had to pay over a 2018 security breach, but this is a company that had to pay a €1.2 billion GDPR fine not so long ago—and that could theoretically be fined over $5 billion under that law for a particularly egregious violation.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
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