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Recent Examples of vaporous
Over twinkling beats and vaporous grooves, Aiko was astral and organic, graceful and sensuous.
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
Turner hadn’t been to Italy for a decade, but in his vaporous painting, Rome remains the Eternal City, now transformed into a hauntingly beautiful memory.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The golden juice drips down into a tray lined with dry ice, producing vaporous swirls and tendrils.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
Jeff Duka The principal subject of Jeff Duka’s show at Art Sound Language, a record and book boutique, is nothing less than the sky — vast, vaporous and ever-changing.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
Turner hadn’t been to Italy for a decade, but in his vaporous painting, Rome remains the Eternal City, now transformed into a hauntingly beautiful memory.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The golden juice drips down into a tray lined with dry ice, producing vaporous swirls and tendrils.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
Jeff Duka The principal subject of Jeff Duka’s show at Art Sound Language, a record and book boutique, is nothing less than the sky — vast, vaporous and ever-changing.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporous
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This weightless mist locks in your makeup, including glitter eyeshadow, for up to 16 hours.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Republicans spoke and moved with the weightless optimism of young lovers meeting in a summer town, or junkies who have finally scored.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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But noise aside, the signal underneath contains more cause for worry than a buoyant September report four weeks ago.Axios, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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At midnight, the designer himself arrived to buoyant fanfare and triumphant applause.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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Salads Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
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From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
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Most also carry lightweight weapons, such as depth charges and torpedoes, but generally other platforms are used to attack submarines.Reuters, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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While shoppers praise the suction and how lightweight the vacuum is, the versatility tops many reviewers’ list of favorite features.Shea Simmons, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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There are several Latin American influences, too, such as the lighter-than-air Tres Leches cake and the tiger prawns yello anticucho.Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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The lighter-than-air craft then edges toward the road and strikes the power line, causing several electrical sparks to fly.Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
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Then came Quan’s moving ballet, Beneath the Tides, set to Concert No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns, with House of Gilles’s stunning costumes: waist-cinching corsets with nothing beneath for the men and diaphanous midi dresses with flowing skirts for the women.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Saying something freshly substantive about female desire while honoring the film’s defining spirit of vapid, diaphanous horniness is a tricky, potentially unworkable brief.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
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Within that rarefied subset, only a handful were RS variants.Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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And he’s joined an operation that’s in rarefied air — as one of only four companies in the U.S. with an operational orbital rocket — with growing spacecraft and lunar lander product lines.Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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If those arguments appear insubstantial, the jury verdict and injunction should stand.Alden Abbott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Not insubstantial, but easily affordable for Tepper, who’s worth roughly $20 billion.Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
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“Vaporous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporous. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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