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as in beautiful
very pleasing to look at
a handsome man with finely chiseled features
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as in graceful
having or showing elegance
the glass-topped table was a handsome addition to the room
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as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
earns a handsome salary as senior vice president of the firm
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as in sizable
sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention
real estate developers realized a handsome profit on that deal
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Recent Examples of handsome
Where to stay The brand new Mandarin Oriental Vienna (opening October 20, 2025) sits in a handsome art nouveau building from the early 1900s and has 86 rooms and 52 suites.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
This handsome design can work in just about any room in your home and comes equipped with a little bit of drawer storage to discreetly hide any junk.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Both cousins had grown up handsome, tall with strong jawlines, their mother’s lips trembling on their faces.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
In the right setting, these tough plants can provide years of reliable color and interest with their handsome foliage.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
This handsome design can work in just about any room in your home and comes equipped with a little bit of drawer storage to discreetly hide any junk.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Both cousins had grown up handsome, tall with strong jawlines, their mother’s lips trembling on their faces.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
In the right setting, these tough plants can provide years of reliable color and interest with their handsome foliage.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handsome
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Then something really beautiful happens.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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The fish was a beautiful, rich color and had great flavor, but the pieces were uneven in shape and size, with some of them clearly cut from the center of the fish and some from the thinner ends.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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In addition to beautiful blooms, October Magic® Ivory™ Camellia produces handsome evergreen foliage and develops a graceful, upright shape.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mickey, already back up top, stretched a graceful dive that made no splash.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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The company also announced plans to close its Kent and Everett locations as part of a larger decision to shut down 60 stores over the next 18 months.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The stylus itself is a bit larger and more rounded than before, snaps to the tablet magnetically, and supports replacement tips.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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Yet those football sackings ate up 28 per cent of their wage bill savings, and came at a time when the club is still incurring the costs of its sizeable downsizing.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Team owners are expecting a sizable bump on the next deal, which would kick in after the 2027-28 season.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The research team also highlighted that sodium chemistries are attractive, yet sodium solid electrolytes show limited room-temperature ionic conductivity.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Oh, and home attendance ranked 28th of 30 teams, so evidently the product still wasn’t attractive enough.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Her blonde hair was parted at the side and tucked low in an elegant bun in the back.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The elegant car, original down to the paint, is a legacy that will be passed on to her daughter.—
Laura Lane,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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But substantial uncertainties remain about when Israeli military forces would withdraw from most of the Gaza Strip, exactly how a transitional body would govern and police the enclave, and now, most critically, whether Hamas will acquiesce to the terms of the plan.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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With an extended range of more than 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometers) and the ability to stay airborne indefinitely with aerial refueling, the Reapers will provide a substantial boost to US forces in the region.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Because of Australia’s remote location, drug prices are exceptionally high, and the strict border authorities mean that taking large sums of cash out of the country is a considerable challenge.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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But from middle age to retirement age of 65, there is considerable loss, and then the loss steepens in the 70s as if falling off a cliff.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Handsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handsome. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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