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But for those who are merely interested in the gore in this glorified splatter film, the carnage starts early and rarely lets up.

A sport this gruelling does not allow its competitors the indulgence of turning an entire season into a glorified lap of honour but, as the end comes into view, Thomas is more contemplative than usual.

There are executive orders that are little more than glorified press releases.

A run-of-the-mill aggregator could produce a glorified, book-length blog post ranking the best dunks and dunkers.

"It's largely a glorified autocomplete, but it is very good," he says.