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- noun Plural form of
extravagance .
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Examples
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The affair of the necklace used by her enemies to expose ther so called extravagances, was a lie heaped opon a lie.
Archive 2007-09-16 de Brantigny........................ 2007
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The affair of the necklace used by her enemies to expose ther so called extravagances, was a lie heaped opon a lie.
Two Princesses, a contrast. de Brantigny........................ 2007
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In both cases, the extravagances were the separable accidents, the superficial excrescences, of a real intellectual movement with a quite healthy motive.
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One of his extravagances was a dinner at which he entertained the five other
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Among his extravagances was a genealogy of his family traced through his father to Adam, and through his mother to Eve, he himself being the 153rd in descent.
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Both of these supposed "extravagances" can be reread as expressions of 4th wave feminism in which women actively exploit their own beauty and sexuality.
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An interesting question is why our electoral system functions so poorly that Bachmann's "extravagances" were not exposed before she ever got elected the first time.
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An interesting question is why our electoral system functions so poorly that Bachmann's "extravagances" were not exposed before she ever got elected the first time.
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An interesting question is why our electoral system functions so poorly that Bachmann's "extravagances" were not exposed before she ever got elected the first time.
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An interesting question is why our electoral system functions so poorly that Bachmann's "extravagances" were not exposed before she ever got elected the first time.
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