Sentence examples for instead of conspicuous from inspiring English sources

"Out of the boom years comes this nice kind of reaction with people thinking of basic needs instead of conspicuous consumption when it comes to homes," she explained.

The fact that the rent from council flats funds libraries and leisure centres instead of funding conspicuous consumption doesn't matter to Conservatives – the destruction of social housing is ideological, not based on fiscal responsibility or common sense.

But if Democrats were championing the first idea and Republicans were championing the second, we would at least have the beginnings of a healthy conversation about family policy, instead of the conspicuous silence that surrounds the country's biggest social crisis.

Nevo et al. also compared ABHR dispenser locations and found that placing the ABHR dispenser in the line of sight on entering the room, instead of a less conspicuous location, improved hand hygiene compliance [ 9].

They offer up the glimmering image of a thing as an object of conspicuous social consumption instead of a serious-minded attempt to comprehend and tackle policy problems.

They had anticipated opposition, but they found instead a conspicuous, almost eerie, absence of military-age men.

In 1981 he demanded that the Windsors and the Spencers pay for the "disgusting display of conspicuous wealth" - the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana - instead of the taxpayer.

Conspicuous destruction is a form of conspicuous consumption.

"It's a form of conspicuous consumption".

There's an awareness of conspicuous consumption".

Call it the thrill of conspicuous rejection.