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as in gauzy
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing
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as in fluffy
resembling air in lightness
the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
didn't see the gossamer spider webs until the sun hit them just right
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as in froth
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Recent Examples of gossamer
Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.
—Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Mountain Hardwear’s Ghost Whisperer pants keep weight down with 800-fill down and gossamer ripstop construction; a men’s medium weighs in at 9.6 ounces, but still features two side pockets and ankle zips to make getting them on and off easy despite the trim cut.
—Adam Roy, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Both would be coated with a gossamer-thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations—and thus their temperature.
—Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.
—Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
Noun
Born out of a deepening love of music, these songs deal in glassy, gossamer synth constructs but also in boisterous, low-stakes dance-pop.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Mountain Hardwear’s Ghost Whisperer pants keep weight down with 800-fill down and gossamer ripstop construction; a men’s medium weighs in at 9.6 ounces, but still features two side pockets and ankle zips to make getting them on and off easy despite the trim cut.
—Adam Roy, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossamer
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Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons.—
Gary Kamiya,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Mar. 2022
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Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.—
Matthew Bourbon,
Dallas News,
22 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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The stone floors and minimalist interiors may have a monastic feel, but the nuns never had beds so comfy, towels so fluffy, or Roman-style thermal baths so enticing.—
Jennifer Flowers,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
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And Corenswet does tell me about Krypto, Superman’s fluffy, caped dog whose trailer debut marked the arrival of a warmer, fuzzier DC.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But sheer athleticism won’t turn him into a celebrity, and his demeanor doesn’t endear him to people—Majors plays Maddox as a sullen and tightly wound outcast whose environment shapes his isolation.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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But the sheer volume of options in our modern world—especially in digital spheres such as online shopping, streaming services and mobile applications—can overcome the satisfaction of making these choices.—
Uriel Maslansky,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Even if the current administration plays the situation like Paganini plucking a Stradivarius, the disruption already underway is going to knock the froth off risk assets – because only stability unleashes risk assets, while real risks kills them dead.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The outlet also reported that first responders found the women with froth on their mouths, suggesting a possible drug overdose.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This kind of bomb is, in a sense, the very opposite of a flimsy thermobaric bomb.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The foam cups, which are not flimsy or removable like the ones in bathing suits, provide flexible support that looks good under dresses, shirts, and sweaters, according to shoppers.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Our hope is that this moment serves as an opportunity for reflection, paving the way for a more thoughtful, transparent, and collaborative relationship moving forward.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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When fiscal and monetary policy is transparent and rule-based, risk premiums decline and valuations stabilize.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In early spring, bits of fluff appear along the branches of some willow shrubs, silvery gray and as soft to the touch as a kitten’s paw.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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The dessert crowd will enjoy the Blue Velvet Whoopie Pies with blue velvet cakes and vanilla fluff.—
Nasha Smith,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But, taking these study findings from here all the way down the drug development pipeline to where there’s a safe and effective new drug on the market is expected to take a long time and a not insubstantial amount of money.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2025
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With a not insubstantial piece of Mexico’s economy reliant on production stateside, a cessation of those inflows will logically impoverish a big number of those formerly sustained directly by remittances.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Gossamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossamer. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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