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Recent Examples of palmy Serve a crisp cookie with each serving, such as a butter cookie or palmier. Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024 The restaurant serves meat but is known for its palmy vegetables—roasted, smoked, fermented, braised; dished out with plenty of nuts, herbs, seeds, and cheeses. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops. Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023 Painters draw them against tropical, palmy backgrounds. Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023 In the century that followed, Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile. Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palmy
Adjective
  • Golden Goose was established in 2000, and is best known for its successful Superstar sneakers and intentionally distressed styles, but has grown to comprise apparel and accessories.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But the key to successful gift-giving is really personalizing it.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But the economic implications of a thriving hackathon culture extend beyond individual participants.
    Mostofa Shakib, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And adopting a new, more sustainable strategy for Kyiv is the best way to do so—and to therefore ensure Ukraine continues to exist as a thriving, sovereign, independent nation.
    Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Both seek to represent one of the most prosperous areas of the county.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • His surname is derived from Ar-Ramtha, a city on the northern edge of Jordan which grew prosperous through the illicit transit of goods in and out of the country.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Speaking of which, the Xbox Elite controller may possibly be the golden standard for modern controllers.
    Carlos Mejia, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Watch from bed as the rising sun paints the Chisos peaks hues of pink and peach, or relax on the spacious deck or hammock as the desert transitions from golden hour to star-speckled night—a signature of the region’s enormous Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The track is noticeably different from previous offerings, with Deal leaning into classic swooning balladry, her tender guitar accompanied first by strings and, eventually, a booming brass band.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The economy would have shrunk without Denmark’s booming pharmaceutical sector rather than expanding by 1.1% in the first nine months of 2023.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • For young families today, those halcyon days are over.
    Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Another word for Richard E. Grant here, whose Peter hijacks his interview to bring up old anecdotes from his halcyon theaterdays.
    Jack King, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024

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“Palmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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