as in modern
being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles
His team engineers futuristic technological gadgets that were once the stuff of science fiction. The newly redesigned car has a sleek, futuristic look.
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Recent Examples of futuristic
Curitiba is a tidy, charming place known by transportation nerds for its pioneering bus system (passengers enter futuristic black tubes before getting on buses that speed along in dedicated lanes).
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
His pieces, both imposing and architectural, felt like a passage into a futuristic realm.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
After the sun’s ingress into this Air sign, the messenger planet (Mercury) will join the experiment, sharpening our minds and shifting our focus toward all things futuristic, unconventional and technologically forward.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Dune: Awakening Dune: Awakening is an upcoming MMO set in Frank Herbert's futuristic desert planet Arrakis.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
His pieces, both imposing and architectural, felt like a passage into a futuristic realm.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
After the sun’s ingress into this Air sign, the messenger planet (Mercury) will join the experiment, sharpening our minds and shifting our focus toward all things futuristic, unconventional and technologically forward.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Dune: Awakening Dune: Awakening is an upcoming MMO set in Frank Herbert's futuristic desert planet Arrakis.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for futuristic
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There appeared to be the votes on the Miami-Dade commission to build a modern replacement of the incinerator on the same location in Doral, until Eric Trump, who runs the president’s hospitality business, came out against the plan days after his father won the 2024 election.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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While the hotel's interiors ooze modern sophistication (there is a sleek marble fireplace in the lobby and a statement chandelier hanging above an elegant seating area), the decor also pays homage to the property's roots.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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One of them, Hip Optical, which touts designer eyewear at non-designer prices, opened earlier this year across from the Apple Store and near True Food Kitchen and BJ’s Brewhouse.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2024
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The order arrived as a white, non-designer T-shirt, size 2XL.—
Sha Hua,
WSJ,
21 June 2022
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The immersive track features impeccable production that highlights elements of electronic pop and contemporary R&B.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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This contemporary art museum in Miami bought the de la Cruz Collection building for $25M Manolo Blahnik has not released the address of its coming boutique that, the company said, will be centrally located within the Design District.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Former White House advisor Steve Bannon has also taken issue with Musk, who Trump tapped to co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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More than 6,500 people have signed a petition urging new production incentives in the wake of the Eaton, Hughes and Palisades fires that have devastated Los Angles since Jan. 7.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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This stylish Kendra Scott bracelet makes a statement with its small heart and stretches to accommodate many wrist sizes.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Over the holidays, all of Victoria and David's children celebrated Christmas together and everyone snapped tons of stylish photos to prove it.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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But Iyer doesn’t distill the lessons of silence into a fashionable set of lifestyle tips.—
Danny Heitman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2025
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As its whiskey became increasingly fashionable across the country, the brand moved most of its production to a distillery up the road in Wanship, which is now open to the public for tours.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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