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Recent Examples of Amazonian
Though Bolsonaro is prohibited from running for office until 2030, his son Eduardo is a potential presidential candidate next year and Brazil’s National Congress has plenty of members who favor Amazonian development.
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Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The film follows the story of Dante, a small yet extraordinary Amazonian dart frog with a powerful gift: when in contact with clouds, his skin can generate rain.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
Their phrases, complex yet seemingly effortless, often direct our vision beyond their bodies to others or to the light glowing behind them, as if in reverence of the Amazonian waters and wonders, ever in need of preservation.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Earlier this year, a member of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe voluntarily visited the rural Brazilian village of Bela Rosa.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
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Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The film follows the story of Dante, a small yet extraordinary Amazonian dart frog with a powerful gift: when in contact with clouds, his skin can generate rain.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
Their phrases, complex yet seemingly effortless, often direct our vision beyond their bodies to others or to the light glowing behind them, as if in reverence of the Amazonian waters and wonders, ever in need of preservation.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Earlier this year, a member of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe voluntarily visited the rural Brazilian village of Bela Rosa.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
Adjective
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Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.—
Marilyn Stasio,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2022
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In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.—
Kerry Manders,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2020
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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These antics only cemented his power as an intimidating, macho figure and added to the shock value of the show.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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In particular, many younger men seem adrift and more drawn to macho, traditional models of being a man.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Two suspects, also believed to be male students at the school, fled the scene.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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Under current Catholic doctrine, only men may become priests, based on the belief that Jesus chose male apostles.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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