The document had conspicuously Trumpian lacunae; there were no references to climate change as a national-security threat, for example.
There is no detail that has not been conspicuously perfected.
Yet enforcement of the law, signed by the mayor with little enthusiasm, has not been conspicuously vigorous.
So far Brownlow has not been conspicuously honoured in Britain; but then, he has always been rousingly undiplomatic about the shortcomings of the British film industry.
Critics say Mr Modi has also been conspicuously silent over a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in India since becoming prime minister.
Germany has been conspicuously generous; other countries, such as Britain, have been conspicuously ungenerous, though that may be changing.
Mr Obama has been conspicuously reading Fareed Zakaria's recent volume.America has got into funks before now.
The group has been conspicuously successful during the downturn - it has clinched 73 deals in the past two years.
Regular readers may have noticed that Cat Marnell's VICE column, Amphetamine Logic, has been conspicuously absent these past few weeks.
To have a sense of color is a joyous thing — and joy has been conspicuously lacking in fashion recently.
