adhesiveness

Definition of adhesivenessnext

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Noun
  • Consider matching metals throughout the room for cohesiveness in your design.
    Macie Stump, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • The Giants also lost offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo, who players credited for the unit’s cohesiveness.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For character traits, officials look for tenacity, an unbridled love to pull and run as part of a team, and social skills.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Under Luis Enrique, the Parisians have become one of, if not, the dominant forces in the European game and, with a young squad full of togetherness, tenacity and a tiresome work ethic, the sky really is the limit for this team.
    Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Inclusion of the group’s members in talks with American negotiators in Pakistan last month suggested Tehran was seeking to show internal cohesion.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • Several visiting unaffiliated curators, who would not go on the record for this story with quotes, begged for more cohesion.
    Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • This is one reason why a partner of someone with avoidant attachment may perceive their partner as emotionally unavailable, overly self-sufficient, detached or distant or resistant to commitment.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • What begins as charming quickly turns unsettling, as Mark and Julie grow concerned about their son’s growing attachment to the family.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Some of these agglutinations have a satisfying outlandishness about them: That smooching pair, for example, are wearing huge masks from the Bamana people of West Africa on their heads.
    JASON FARAGO, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2017
  • If the patient is already infected with Proteus, then the same agglutination will occur when the Weil-Felix test is administered, and the patient will naturally test positive.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
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“Adhesiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adhesiveness. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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