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Recent Examples of contexture The contexture of a surface – just to name a few. Philipp Sandner, Forbes, 6 July 2021 We are all framed of flaps and patches, and of so shapeless and diverse a contexture, that every piece and every moment playeth his part. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contexture
Noun
  • While the game is a snappy platformer in the vein of Mario, the ability to manipulate the environment, even to the point of creating mud bridges by tossing dirt, evokes the crafting spirit of the recent Legend of Zelda games.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • As a result, there was an uptick in online customer traffic and basket sizes, which is encouraging given the cautious spending environment.
    John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The Mediterranean atmosphere is ideal for a lunch pre or post-tennis matches.
    Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Ahead of the event’s fifth edition, Reeve-Rabb suggests the 2026 festival line-up could be even bigger, while retaining the event’s intimate atmosphere.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Part of the fun of this season, and where a lot of these things came from, was starting to kick the tires on different, for lack of a better word, tropes, and what would this trope or that trope look like in the context of the show?
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, the final two sentences are painfully inspirational therapy-speak—which would be cringe-worthy enough in a contemporary novel but sound jarringly anachronistic in the context of a 19th century period piece.
    Judy Berman, Time, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Both add tone-on-tone details including wood panels on the doors and dash, narrow slashes of chrome and a rose gold surround on the floating center console which nicely sets it apart from the storage bin beneath.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The sculpture is made of wood, which Hepworth had to obtain a special permit to carve, and colored string, which, stretched tautly within the gap of the white ovoid form, represents her experience of the tensions between herself and her natural surrounds at the time.
    News Desk, Artforum, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • In a podcast interview in November 2024, Jacobs shared his views on the future of government agencies, like NOAA, and efforts by the GOP to repeal and eliminate various weather and climate initiatives within the agency.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 July 2025
  • In the next few decades, Wisconsin's climate will feel more like southern Illinois or Missouri and the frequency of extreme heat ― days above 90 degrees ― is projected to triple, according to the Center for Climate Research at the Nelson Institute at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025

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“Contexture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contexture. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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