as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
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Recent Examples of gaseous
Take a small telescope and check out Jupiter’s four brightest moons that flank the great gaseous planet and circle around it in periods of two to 17 days.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
The images show ultra-fine bright and dark stripes (called striations) in the thin, gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere known as the photosphere, according to a statement from the National Solar Observatory (NSO), which operates the solar telescope.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 6 June 2025
This clean-sheet architecture optimizes the use of gaseous hydrogen, addressing the challenges of incorporating this fuel into existing aircraft designs.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The gaseous system operates at 10,000 psi, storing up to 4.5 kg of hydrogen, while the upcoming liquid system will support up to 20 kg, greatly extending range and endurance.
—David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
The images show ultra-fine bright and dark stripes (called striations) in the thin, gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere known as the photosphere, according to a statement from the National Solar Observatory (NSO), which operates the solar telescope.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 6 June 2025
This clean-sheet architecture optimizes the use of gaseous hydrogen, addressing the challenges of incorporating this fuel into existing aircraft designs.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The gaseous system operates at 10,000 psi, storing up to 4.5 kg of hydrogen, while the upcoming liquid system will support up to 20 kg, greatly extending range and endurance.
—David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaseous
rhetorical
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Trump and Carter are hardly the first pair of presidents to pour rhetorical oil on troubled waters, but the historical results, as with today, are mixed at best.—
Bruce Yandle,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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By asking Grok to use X posts as a primary source and rhetorical inspiration, xAI is sending the large language model into a toxic landscape where trolls, political propagandists, and outright racists are some of the loudest voices.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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