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Recent Examples of allusive
Yarvin tends to extreme digression, while Land speaks with the allusive compression of a guru.
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James Duesterberg, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
David Bowie, charming in interviews, and leaning toward the abstract and allusive in his lyrics, was not given to weighing in on news events.
—Alexander Larman, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
At times sparse and allusive, Moon’s poems use blank space and other stylistic considerations to convey a voice and thought that ranges from the contemplative to the surreal and absurd.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
The Lady From the Sea, one of Ibsen’s most mysterious and allusive plays, centers on the figure of Ellida, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter with a maritime obsession.
—Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
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James Duesterberg, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
David Bowie, charming in interviews, and leaning toward the abstract and allusive in his lyrics, was not given to weighing in on news events.
—Alexander Larman, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
At times sparse and allusive, Moon’s poems use blank space and other stylistic considerations to convey a voice and thought that ranges from the contemplative to the surreal and absurd.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
The Lady From the Sea, one of Ibsen’s most mysterious and allusive plays, centers on the figure of Ellida, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter with a maritime obsession.
—Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allusive
Adjective
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The tracks are indicative of hatchlings drawn to lights on the shore.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
8 June 2026
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Any prices or levels shown are either historical or purely indicative.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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One of the vehicles also had a light-up arrow, and all three workers had their yellow and orange reflective gear on.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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But the season was also a reflective one.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Semantic bleaching is another linguistic process whereby the denotative content of a word is stripped away.—
Brandon Tensley,
CNN,
10 July 2022
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The paragon of such an attempt is something like Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror, a work that stands as a denotative record of the social media shift, yet still falls to the same difficulties that characterize other cultural criticism of this type.—
SPIN,
SPIN,
8 Feb. 2022
Adjective
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The telltale mark of a fake tan?—
Deanna Pai,
Glamour,
6 June 2026
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Images must be taken at a high cadence, at least every few minutes or so, to spot the telltale tweak to a star’s brightness as it’s microlensed by a relatively small PBH.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
4 June 2026
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Harmony, balance, and structure come together in a rich, expressive bubbly.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Other colored stones are also gaining traction as couples explore more expressive options beyond the traditional diamond.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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The gulf between their two worlds is wide, and Jude straddles it with wide-ranging intellect and his characteristic impish wit, while also telling a surprisingly heartfelt story about the lengths to which a mother will go for love.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Ecology remained characteristic of her approach, but Carson now broadened her aims to encompass a mobilization of public opinion equal to the task of addressing the widespread harms of chemical pesticides in everyday life and agricultural ecosystems alike.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Even so, the public health department urged health providers to suspect the virus in symptomatic people who traveled to certain East or Central African nations in the last three weeks.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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But the papers, or lack thereof, are symptomatic of a more crucial shift with the Obama Center.—
Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
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But for the food historian, this is a marvelous insight into the symbolic role this particular item took on as the Renaissance gave way to the Reformation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Obviously, calls from Democratic politicians for Boutros’ resignation are merely symbolic.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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“Allusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allusive. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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