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Recent Examples of blockish
Stylistically, these bulky sculptures are like many in the show, whether large or small — solid, blockish, refined but not delicate.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Bold and blockish, but soft around the edges.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Bold and blockish, but soft around the edges.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockish
Adjective
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Two computer monitors displayed a riot of overlapping windows, including an old, blocky software program called P-COM, which offered thirty-five types of commands.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The biggest transformation occurs in the blocky, brutalist Crucible Theatre, which shifts from staging Shakespeare and Harold Pinter to become the Theatre of Dreams — snooker’s holiest of holy sites, where 32 leading players from across the world compete to be be named the best of the best.—
Andrew Dickson,
Bloomberg,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Trade drab colors with 44 percent off floral prints, and bulky hoodies for something a little more lightweight to beat those nightly chills and airplane cabin temperatures—this one by Faherty is 25 percent off for a limited time.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
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Today’s push-up swimwear styles offer shape and volume without feeling bulky or overstuffed.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Among all of Crichton’s books, Sphere is the densest, most effective vehicle of novelistic pleasure.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Early in its history, cold, dense surface rock would have sunk through hot mantle rock in ways that bear little resemblance to modern plate tectonics.—
Scott K. Johnson,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
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“Blockish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockish. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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