as in gesticulative
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Adjective
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Rouy’s work is large gestural paintings of bodies in motion or in states of becoming.—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025 -
After the tour to support Funeral, the band laid down acoustic versions of the Funeral material, often in one take, feeling out arrangements, reworking the songs in ways no less powerful than the originals, but quieter, more gestural, less anthemic.—
Joe Gross,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the large central gallery space, Duman has designed three smaller movable walls that can pivot to create more intimate rooms for film screenings or poetry readings.—
Hilarie M. Sheets,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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And a statewide trend of shuttering trailer parks has left the mobile home owners — whose homes, cemented into the ground and movable only at a five-figure cost, aren’t actually all that mobile — with few alternatives.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pic delves into the relevant issue of prejudice, but in a funny and moving manner.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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Filming this way adds time and complication: There are so many more moving parts, and for each new take of a scene, every patient and special effect has to be reset, and the entire set has to be cleaned and reorganized.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sharks are highly mobile, elusive, and often difficult to study over long timescales.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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One of her favorites was of Figaro, a youthful-looking two-thousand-year-old doctor from a mobile game called Promise of Wizard.—
Elif Batuman,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Gestic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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