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Adjective
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Daniel Solis, who began cooperating with the government after being confronted with evidence of his own salacious misdeeds.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Dressed demurely in black, Tissot’s subject is portrayed as a respectable, working-class woman—but the salacious undertones that appear in many of his artworks are present, too.—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement The president-elect’s style — brash, indelicate and pugilistic — is distilled in his son.—
Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Nov. 2024
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After Shkreli propositioned Duca via Twitter direct message, the Teen Vogue columnist responded with this, albeit indelicate, rejection.—
Issie Lapowsky,
WIRED,
4 Aug. 2017
Adjective
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The autopsy revealed evidence that was suggestive, but nothing in the pathologist’s report, not even the shot in the left side of the head, could totally rule out suicide.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And while this time there are no actual goats wandering around, Sedgwick provides some barnyard accompaniment with a screaming toy as Bacon strums his acoustic guitar.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2023
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Shaun the Sheep fans can't get enough of these barnyard animals and all their gentle adventures.—
Marisa LaScala,
Good Housekeeping,
30 Sep. 2022
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For those seeking a more distinctive aesthetic, the Bronze COSC variant features gradient dials in earthy tones paired with a bronze case that promises to develop a unique patina over time.—
Matthew Catellier,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Just as the score mixes the devotional with almost rootsy strands, Herrera’s Sor Juana, the nun in black, sings in an earthy mezzo that complements the heavenly harmonies of the six nuns in white, performed by the German vocal ensemble Sjaella.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The massive tag is gone now but something just as indecorous seems likely to replace it.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2024
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With round-the-clock musicians, magicians, comedians, blue men and white Bengal tigers, the Strip became the premier global destination not just for indecorous gambling, but also for family-friendly entertainment.—
Chris Carra,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Much of the dialogue is hilariously ribald, especially in a locker room scene in which the two nude men share a tender familial embrace after comparing penises.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 June 2023
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The couple became a symbol of marital stability in the freewheeling rock world, even as Charlie drummed for a band that was the most famously ribald band in music history.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2022
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Under the program, Miami Gardens police are given broad powers to stop and arrest people who appear to be loitering or trespassing at the participating business.—
JULIE K. BROWN,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Whether these developments could signal a broader shift in how digital platforms approach their role in political discourse — a change that could have lasting implications for online information access and distribution in the future – remains to be seen.—
Esat Dedezade,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Scatological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatological. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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