massy

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Recent Examples of massy All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction. Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massy
Adjective
  • Among the dresses was a regal red gown, which featured off-the-shoulder strap and a voluminous skirt.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Consider some of the smaller designers like Christopher John Rogers, whose voluminous dresses make for a true showstopper, or the avant-garde Hodakova, who just took home the LVMH Prize.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The glass is substantial and thick but doesn’t feel heavy or bulky.
    Laura Denby, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Existing supplements are typically derived from seed husks and roots, and are typically thick, viscous, and bulky.
    Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • For a movie whose chief anthem is an advertisement for the joys of defying gravity, Wicked is surprisingly leaden, with a promise of more of the same to come.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Sources of support Back at the Denny’s parking lot, the sky had turned leaden gray, and Mckenzie bummed a cigarette from her best friend, Christina Bojorquez.
    Gale Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2022
Adjective
  • Both Turkey and Qatar are eyeing an outsize role in Syria’s economy.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
  • What hasn’t changed: The outsize influence of 2025’s Under 30 honorees.
    Alexandra York, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The elephantine dance is constant: Each load is dumped, pushed, and dropped into a pit immense enough to hold 15,000 tons of waste (more than the city’s entire daily output).
    Curbed, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Any attempt to resurrect the mammoth faces an elephantine gauntlet of challenges, including the DNA-shattering effects of frost and time, and the rather unhelpful reproductive tract of the eventual surrogate parent—the elephant.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2012
Adjective
  • Our consistent goal has been to help readers find ways to get their problems solved, resolve burdensome financial disputes and ensure residents' safety throughout.
    Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For years, America’s burdensome permitting and interconnection processes have held back clean energy and transmission projects that are vital to our nation’s electricity future.
    Ray Long, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
  • Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
    Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018

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“Massy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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