Luxury
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440 examples of Luxury in a sentence
But the very reason we have the
luxury
to ask such questions is that the spread of the infection was contained by exceedingly stringent measures.
EU parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly to outlaw patio heaters, which one MEP declared to be “a
luxury
the planet cannot afford.”
That is a
luxury
that Croatia cannot afford.
But new legislation is something of a
luxury
for Europe these days.
Given NATO’s current lack of strategic coherence, and disparities in its members’ military capabilities – which have been aggravated by budget cuts in the wake of the global financial crisis – cooperation with non-members is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity.
The ruling coalitions can finally afford, at least temporarily, "the
luxury"
of populism that opposition parties used as their main weapon in the last few years.
Python skins are commonly used as raw material in the
luxury
fashion industry, and ITC surveys of python-skin harvesters, farmers, processors, and exporters in Vietnam and Malaysia found that the trade reinforces livelihood resilience by providing an additional source of income.
But, whatever we think of proposals like McDonnell’s, we no longer have the
luxury
of dismissing the idea as a non-starter.
Governments don’t have the
luxury
of waiting forever, and they can no longer use the myth of popular quiescence to avoid initiating the necessary reforms that will address the public’s underlying grievances.
The wolf’s “justifications” for his evil action were a
luxury
that he allowed himself.
Are Russians so different from us in the western democratic world, or is democracy a
luxury
that only old, stable, prosperous, and satisfied societies can afford?
As drug resistance-related challenges become more urgent, one might think that ethical debates are an unaffordable
luxury.
Excessively low interest rates have generated a mismatch between housing prices and the available supply, because they serve as hidden subsidies for those who can borrow – for example, the rich and SOEs – and thus stimulate demand for
luxury
property.
Though now better off than they have ever been in material terms, the Chinese people under the current regime are denied any real opportunity to retain and refine their own dignity beyond the quest for wealth and
luxury
goods.
It does not enjoy the American
luxury
of having its security guaranteed by geography.
Government enjoys neither
luxury.
New middle classes are emerging globally, and magazines like Cosmopolitan and Vogue are targeting newly middle-class women in India and China – many of them part of a generation with its own disposable income for the first time ever in their family histories – with the very same
luxury
goods.
They tend to be more ready than middle-class white women, in our experience, to master the basics of financial literacy and to learn salary negotiation, because they don’t have the
luxury
of assuming that a knight on a white horse will rescue them economically.
Nature, after all, had the
luxury
of time, billions of years of it, whereas we mortals must demonstrate progress before our research grants run out.
Some families were afforded the
luxury
of containers, guarded behind tall fences.
How long will the American public tolerate the almost-daily doses of new evidence of conflicts of interest, starting with the licensing to Chinese investors, at the height of the presidential primary, of the Trump brand for use on spas,
luxury
hotels, and other real-estate projects?
What leverage can be wielded by the Russian oligarchs who, in 2004, when Trump was mired in one of his bankruptcies, stepped in for the American banks that had blacklisted him to recapitalize his companies and bought – sight unseen and at premium prices –
luxury
apartments in Trump World Tower?
If so, how would the economy, with the labor and material resources at its disposal, provide the large houses,
luxury
cars, and high-end services that millionaires expect?
Environmental systems do not have the same luxury; their cycles of reproduction are inflexible.”
What may appear to them to be an unaffordable
luxury
is really a necessity that they can’t afford to reject.
But it is quickly becoming a
luxury
that few countries can afford, particularly in Europe.
Demand for
luxury
goods is booming, alongside weak demand for goods and services consumed by lower-income groups.
On these criteria, Deauville, in French Normandy, with the (slightly faded) elegance of a past era of elite luxury, ostentatious consumption, and sumptuous banquets, is also perhaps not an altogether fortunate choice for the G-8 meeting.
Later that day, Lula met with infrastructure industrialists in a
luxury
downtown hotel.
For him, abstract thought is a
luxury
that requires time, information, and a reason to reflect on a subject that, at first sight, appears to be from another galaxy.
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