Amazonian

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Recent Examples of Amazonian Through interviews with the family, members of the Indigenous community and military search teams as well as elders from Colombia’s Amazonian communities, Forty Days in the Jungle recounts the story in the words of its complex young characters. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025 Yes, Tom gave an Amazonian tree frog a Japanese name, which explains an awful lot about Tom. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 Manatees belong to the order Sirenia, which includes the Amazonian, African and West Indian manatee species. Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025 But in the film, Amazonian jungles are portrayed like a playground, and Hope comes dangerously close to seeming like a pet. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Amazonian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
Adjective
  • Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.
    Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
  • In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.
    Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
Adjective
  • The displays of wealth and opulence, as well as the hypermasculine displays of sexuality.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • An overly macho grip where the person squeezes too tightly gives the impression of being overbearing or insensitive.
    Carol Kinsey Goman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Trump and Musk view masculinity quite similarly: tough-guy language, macho actions, irreverent, crude — and often unmoved by emotionalism, empathy or restraint.
    Axios, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • To complement these ladies navigating a sea of business attire by sexing it up with insouciance (as well as micro hemlines and plenty of sheer) were her male coworkers who dabbled in a bit of New Romantic touches.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • For one thing, male comedians still get the majority of stand-up bookings and plum TV comedy-writing gigs.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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