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Recent Examples of draconic
The complications include a tourbillon, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and a complex celestial and astronomical system that indicates three lunar month displays that include the synodic, draconic, and anomalistic cycles.
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Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Sandra Mujinga, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now based in Norway, contributed Ghosting (2019), a draconic red faux-leather tent that an Ursula K. Le Guin protagonist might pitch in the galactic wilds.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
In the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, a five-headed, draconic deity bears the goddess’ name.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
To end the draconic demon’s droughts, Indra battled and killed Vritra, freeing the rain, enabling sunlight and creating a new order.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Quetzalcoatl Film Appearances: Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) One of the rare original kaiju to be created between the current boom of giant monsters and the creature-feature kaiju phase of the ’60s, Q features a draconic Aztec god who decides to make a nest for itself in the Chrysler Building.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The Stellar Odyssey offers a chance to glimpse some of the brand’s most complex creations, ranging from simple moon phase displays to perpetual calendars, equation of time, sky charts, and the draconic and anomalistic lunar cycles.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
For example, the interior face of the iconic Reverso cradle features three lunar displays (the synodic cycle, the draconic cycle and the anomalistic cycle).
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
The third face shows the moon phases in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the draconic lunar cycle (to show the height of the moon) and the anomalistic lunar cycle.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Sandra Mujinga, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now based in Norway, contributed Ghosting (2019), a draconic red faux-leather tent that an Ursula K. Le Guin protagonist might pitch in the galactic wilds.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
In the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, a five-headed, draconic deity bears the goddess’ name.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
To end the draconic demon’s droughts, Indra battled and killed Vritra, freeing the rain, enabling sunlight and creating a new order.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Quetzalcoatl Film Appearances: Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) One of the rare original kaiju to be created between the current boom of giant monsters and the creature-feature kaiju phase of the ’60s, Q features a draconic Aztec god who decides to make a nest for itself in the Chrysler Building.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The Stellar Odyssey offers a chance to glimpse some of the brand’s most complex creations, ranging from simple moon phase displays to perpetual calendars, equation of time, sky charts, and the draconic and anomalistic lunar cycles.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
For example, the interior face of the iconic Reverso cradle features three lunar displays (the synodic cycle, the draconic cycle and the anomalistic cycle).
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
The third face shows the moon phases in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the draconic lunar cycle (to show the height of the moon) and the anomalistic lunar cycle.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draconic
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Meanwhile, millions of borrowers are stuck in a forced forbearance, while others remain in default and are about to experience the draconian collections powers of the federal government.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Immigration advocates are especially concerned that Republicans will continue to push draconian enforcement bills under cover of isolated criminal incidents, forcing Democrats to take votes that could be spun as unsympathetic to individual victims of crime.Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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But the backdrops are rendered with an oppressive prettiness that has a perverse cheapening effect.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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The total absence of shadow is an oppressive sensation, which engenders a feeling similar to that of claustrophobia.New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
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Experts told PolitiFact such narratives painting Haiti as a barbarous country are not new and are racist attempts to dehumanize Haitians.Jeff Cercone, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Sep. 2024
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Treating barbarous body horror as something embedded in us deeper than the mutual love of a partner, especially when it’s done without the theatrical or exploitation trappings, makes for one of the New French Extremity’s most troubling works.Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Epps turned out to be an especially sadistic master.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2025
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And although her character, the bitter and often sadistic Beth Dutton, may have tired of her surroundings, Reilly told Travel + Leisure ahead of the show's Sunday finale that she'll forever be astounded by the beauty of the show's setting in real life.Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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After decades of conflict with Beijing over discrimination and suppression of their cultural identity, the Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs that some Western governments deem a genocide.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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External support for Assad, particularly from Russia and Iran, bolstered regime confidence, while brutal crackdowns on early dissent discouraged uprisings within military ranks.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Soviet scientists at the time believed that strays, given that they were already accustomed to harsh conditions, would be better suited to the extreme environments of space.Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Advocates and relatives describe harsh conditions in immigration detention.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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In working to capture the evil Orlok exudes, Skarsgård focused his efforts on becoming as inhuman as possible.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 21 Dec. 2024
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These included conspiracy to mete out cruel and inhuman treatment to civilian detainees, including U.S. citizens, during the Syrian civil war that began in 2011.Kanishka Singh, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Shahana Goswami plays the lead role of a widow who lands the job of a cop due to life’s cruel twists.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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In a cruel irony, revelers had gathered to welcome a new beginning.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Draconic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draconic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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