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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-turned
Adjective
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That buxom elf put wind in my sails, so to speak, and now this other, prettier woman is bumming a cigarette off me.—
Liam Sherwin-Murray,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025 -
In a humiliating audition for another lascivious Las Vegas revue, the 57-year-old character, a buxom blond dreamer, stands onstage before a sleazy producer (Jason Schwartzman) who cuts her performance short.—
Robyn Bahr,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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My request was straightforward; please explain, in one pithy paragraph, the reason for all this hope.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
14 Aug. 2024
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The newsletter’s combination of pithy irreverence and countercultural credibility had proved popular and grew more so, accumulating nearly five hundred subjects.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The 35,000-year-old Venus of Hohle Fels, a small sculpture of a voluptuous woman, could be considered humanity’s first pin-up model.—
Chris Erik Thomas,
Them,
10 Feb. 2025
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The hourglass is considered voluptuous because the hip and bust appear larger, but a slim and small-framed person can also have this body type. Strengths of the hourglass body shape People with the hourglass body shape are said to have the most proportionate body type.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Though its action is depicted crisply and clearly, its epigrammatic shots aim straight for the viewer’s unconscious, making only glancing contact with the rational mind.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (1791) The best and most entertaining biography ever written in English — addictive for its prescient, informal, racy prose and Johnson's epigrammatic precision and enduring decency.—
The Week Staff,
The Week,
20 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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And, to be succinct, shows like A Different World, Black-ish, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and The Cosby Show are staples in my home.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
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Make sure your stories are succinct and thoughtful without bragging.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Colleges that are less well-endowed might have fewer proxies that strain their financial aid budget, but still should use individualized proxies to meet their institutional needs.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
20 Sep. 2024
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Unfortunately, as anyone else who is well-endowed can likely attest, one-pieces seldom do the girls justice.—
Brie Schwartz,
Glamour,
21 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Argireline can be found in Estée Lauder’s serum alongside AHAs to promote a plump, youthful complexion.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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Get The Recipe 09 of 25 Lemony Shrimp Pasta Flex your cooking expertise with this stunning pasta, featuring plump pink shrimp, sweet fennel, and fresh basil.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is a bracing, even novel, perspective on a war whose film depictions so often traffic in sententious Greatest Generation platitudes.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
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Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
The New Yorker,
26 June 2023
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