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the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant
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As luxury fashion began to tilt toward flamboyance and logo-happy flash, the Meiers were unafraid to show something as stark as pencil-straight dark trousers with a white button-up.
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
That’s why the two-level Red Katz has the allure of a Parisian brasserie, the flamboyance of a 1930s New York City speakeasy and a mouthwatering menu that beautifully blends their Asian roots and French epicureanism.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the always captivating Dafoe, at one point wearing full armor, exhibits a not atypical, full-bodied macho flamboyance as a man who regrets not having a son.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Ernest Hemingway’s suicide lacked the flamboyance of Mishima’s, but the American writer was also obsessively engaged in displays of masculinity.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
That’s why the two-level Red Katz has the allure of a Parisian brasserie, the flamboyance of a 1930s New York City speakeasy and a mouthwatering menu that beautifully blends their Asian roots and French epicureanism.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the always captivating Dafoe, at one point wearing full armor, exhibits a not atypical, full-bodied macho flamboyance as a man who regrets not having a son.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Ernest Hemingway’s suicide lacked the flamboyance of Mishima’s, but the American writer was also obsessively engaged in displays of masculinity.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Flamboyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyance. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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flamboyance
noun
flam·boy·ance
flam-ˈbȯi-ən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being flamboyant
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