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as in beautifulness
the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
the beauty of the landscape along the coast was enough to take your breath away
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as in goddess
an attractive woman
The famous ancient sculpture of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt depicts her as a regal beauty.
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as in dream
something very good of its kind
that fish is a beauty
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Recent Examples of beauty
My mother spoke of my grandmother’s sober beauty, plain and simple but nevertheless an inspiration to my grandfather.
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Even the command module simulator is a thing of beauty.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 June 2025
And both fashion and beauty brands are getting in on the trend this summer with their own stylish takes on handheld fans — from raffia to foldable wooden and paper designs.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Bieber’s consistent virality, combined with the beauty industry’s ongoing obsession with cherries and strawberries, created a ripe environment for the micro fruit nail trend to flourish…and keep on flourishing.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 30 June 2025
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Even the command module simulator is a thing of beauty.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 June 2025
And both fashion and beauty brands are getting in on the trend this summer with their own stylish takes on handheld fans — from raffia to foldable wooden and paper designs.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Bieber’s consistent virality, combined with the beauty industry’s ongoing obsession with cherries and strawberries, created a ripe environment for the micro fruit nail trend to flourish…and keep on flourishing.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beauty
Noun
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Treatment at the center includes equine therapy with real horses and sessions with AI therapy chatbot Guanyin, named after the Buddhist goddess of compassion.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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But this name is popular in Sweden as Saga is a goddess in Norse mythology.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
17 June 2025
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There are still a handful of dream sequences and surreal interludes that seem to want to underscore the show’s deep psychological curiosity, and its unwillingness to be an easy watch.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Being from New York, it’s always been a dream of mine to play professionally here.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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The new see-through marvels of the Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface add to Vacheron’s rich history of minute repeaters and complications, and like the Solaria, is a piece unique for one collector to savor.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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An architectural marvel, the Link is the world’s longest cantilever, floating between two towers like a futuristic sky bridge.—
Natasha Amar,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Paring payroll and procuring prospects took precedence, prompting wonder whether that run could be waning.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Squid Game could have been a one-season wonder instead of a three-season bummer.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Designed to pay homage, the scent is inspired by Granado’s history and the mysterious, welcoming atmosphere of traditional apothecaries and reviving century-old legacy with intensity, elegance and freshness.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
27 June 2025
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With films like 2024’s Challengers and internet trends that promise hashtag-Old Money, everyday people are picking up a racquet in the hopes of dialing into the elegance that tennis has come to signify over the years.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The reentry of space objects has been a vexing problem since the beginning of the space age, McKnight told Space.com, because there are at least three physical phenomena that all have large uncertainties.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
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Measurements at the Large Hadron Collider have been stymied by one of the most central phenomena of the quantum world.—
Matt von Hippel,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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Reinhart, who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Cup Final last year, opened scoring 4:36 with a beaut of an individual effort.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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Check out this sliding beaut: Crawford’s skeptics, however, will point to an elevated ground-ball rate (63.8%) and his next-to-nil power (only one home run) as reasons to leave him in the minors.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beauty. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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