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Adjective
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Fuchs put a prankish spin on the descending octaves that tootle above the reprise of the symphony’s solemn opening.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024 -
While Gandhi begins his pursuit with a largely prankish approach, his film (and the gimmick anchoring it) surprisingly illuminates what some people gain from becoming part of a communal family.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
31 July 2024
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But it’s almost carried by an uncontrollable wave that his eighth album arrives, to once again redefine the limits of the genre.—
Billboard France,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2025
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If deployed in critical applications—such as power grid management or financial trading systems—the potential for unexpected and uncontrollable outcomes would increase significantly.—
Henry Papadatos,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Wells could be playful, knavish, and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 July 2021
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The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
12 July 2021
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Bowles said, made a wrongheaded decision to attend the inauguration of the incoming president of Ghana, ignoring pre-trip fire warnings.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Phil Murphy, governor of New Jersey, in enlisting President Trump in his wrongheaded suburban war against congestion pricing, puts at risk the federal approval for the essential tolling plan.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Her glamorous sound, fiery technique and sharp musicality, served up with impish charm and slinky couture, reliably cause runs on the box office.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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But Nathalie would never let this drop and would bring it up again years later with that wink in her eye and her impish smile.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Besides Arte Johnson as Tyrone, another favorite famous target of Gladys’ wayward backhand was often the head of tipsy Dean Martin during his celebrity roast TV specials.—
Phil Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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En route to fetch his wayward sister, Dexter’s voice-over muses that Harry’s belief in good people and bad people isn’t quite right — there’s darkness in everyone.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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The reason each side keeps going is to punish their respective arch nemesis and salvage their reputations.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Athletic Works Slip-on Sneakers More than 3,500 shoppers agree that this slip-on style offers a comfortable fit, arch support, and easy on-off design.—
Lauren Fischer,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Monkeyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeyish. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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