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Recent Examples of cheeky The designer sets a relaxed and classic tone in her spaces, then layers on the personality, adding cheeky wall coverings, pretty patterns, and plenty of organic textures. Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025 The collaboration has cheeky style names such as The Wingman in Emotional Baggage and The Mayday in Fly Me Out. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025 The beloved cookbook author, who goes by the cheeky nickname @grossypelosi, has brought every bit of that high-spirited vibe to his new cookbook, Let's Party. Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2025 But don’t worry, the retro vibes remain—albeit now with a decidedly more hip, slightly cheeky spin. Christina Pérez, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheeky
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Adjective
  • Documenting positive attributes such as community involvement, steady employment, family support, and other meaningful contributions is also a wise move.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Only humans can weave meaning, create serendipity, and grow wiser through story.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Now, Courtney Brown, an associate professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), has taken a bold and creative step forward.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Backstage, hair and makeup looks were designed to echo the avant-garde edge of his collection—a reminder that timeless beauty can be both bold and modern.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the video, the actress mouthed along to a sassy audio while dressed casually in a Nike sweatshirt and a bare face.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some cats are playful and sassy— going for the toys, knocking glasses off of tables, spider monkeying their owners from the top of a bookshelf.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Chunky, saucy ground beef melts into the soft bite-sized potato dumplings, bound to stick to your ribs.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Expect enough backstabbing, saucy secrets, and nonsensical cameos to more than make up for the loss of And Just Like That.
    Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Gemma reluctantly agrees to rebuild her impudent robot in a new body, and the sequel ends with an explosive showdown between Amelia and M3GAN, who nearly dies in a noble attempt to save Gemma and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw).
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 June 2025
  • Fortunately, Snow White’s newfound enlightenment does not deny her the possibility of romance, although princes are now strictly off-limits; her love interest here is a fetchingly impudent bandit, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who is leading a scrappy rebellion against the Evil Queen.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the second time in a row that fresh Hindi releases fell short at the box office while a south-Indian film ranked high among global top scorers for a weekend.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The radiance and fresh-grapefruit scent linger on the skin; so do the moisturizing sunflower, passion fruit, açai, babassu, and rice bran oils.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Would Ballmer try something so brazen?
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • No president before has been so brazen in punishing honesty.
    Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Vinnie Barbarino Was a Standout John Travolta’s Vinnie was known for his cocky swagger and flirtatious antics.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Compliments find you with greater ease, too; with Venus, your planetary ruler, now in Leo, your magnetism is louder and your confidence reads as warm, not cocky.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Cheeky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheeky. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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