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Recent Examples of tackiness
Grip Coatings: Gloves are often coated on the palm and fingers with nitrile or silicone to provide greater tackiness and grip so objects don’t slip out of the user’s hands.
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Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
Xanthan gum: Xanthan gum is a powerful binder, providing essential adhesion and tackiness to gluten-free batters, which helps create light and airy textures.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
The production design and costume departments get the look and feel of early 90s post-Communist tackiness down to the most microcosmic level, from the mullet haircuts on the men to the brass palm plants in the hotel rooms and the way everyone smoked everywhere in those days.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
For Chappell Roan, the drag persona of 25-year-old singer-songwriter Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, blue eye shadow’s associations with drag, tackiness, and hypersexuality are its superpower.
—Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
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Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
Xanthan gum: Xanthan gum is a powerful binder, providing essential adhesion and tackiness to gluten-free batters, which helps create light and airy textures.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
The production design and costume departments get the look and feel of early 90s post-Communist tackiness down to the most microcosmic level, from the mullet haircuts on the men to the brass palm plants in the hotel rooms and the way everyone smoked everywhere in those days.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
For Chappell Roan, the drag persona of 25-year-old singer-songwriter Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, blue eye shadow’s associations with drag, tackiness, and hypersexuality are its superpower.
—Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Tackiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tackiness. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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