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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
lavish .
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Examples
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"State advances, private sector retreats" disadvantages private enterprise in a number of ways and lavishes credit, subsidies and favorable regulations on state-owned enterprises.
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"State advances, private sector retreats" disadvantages private enterprise in a number of ways and lavishes credit, subsidies and favorable regulations on state-owned enterprises.
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JLo lavishes him with faint praise: "You did a good job, baby, you did all you could do."
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It doesn't use the word "socialist," but it lavishes praise on her ability to put her on the neck of corporations, then turn around and shower voters with a bonus check.
Robert Greenwald: Sarah Palin for Best Actress Robert Greenwald 2011
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It doesn't use the word "socialist," but it lavishes praise on her ability to put her on the neck of corporations, then turn around and shower voters with a bonus check.
Robert Greenwald: Sarah Palin for Best Actress Robert Greenwald 2011
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* But media rewards "serious" governors who cut, cut, cut: As E.J. Dionne notes today, the national media lavishes attention on governors who are simply trying to cut everything in sight, and are ignoring other governors who are bravely embracing tax hikes as part of the solutions to their fiscal woes.
The Morning Plum 2011
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Judy Ray lavishes description around the subjects of her observations that are often common in their nature, but elevates their substance with her gentle compassion.
March « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Judy Ray lavishes description around the subjects of her observations that are often common in their nature, but elevates their substance with her gentle compassion.
charles p. ries | ries reviews « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Meanwhile, Michael Barone's op-ed " The Great Lone Star Migration " Jan. 8 lavishes praise on Texas while scoffing at the folly of "liberal political scientists who hoped and expected that America would become less like Texas and more like New York, with bigger government, higher taxes and more unions."
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It doesn't use the word "socialist," but it lavishes praise on her ability to put her on the neck of corporations, then turn around and shower voters with a bonus check.
Robert Greenwald: Sarah Palin for Best Actress Robert Greenwald 2011
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