as in decorative
serving to add beauty
changes in the original design of the building were purely cosmetic
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Recent Examples of cosmetic
Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
In its first fiscal quarter since President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced, cosmetics company E.l.f.
—Natalie Rice, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025
Typically, aphid problems are mostly cosmetic and seldom harm a healthy tree.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The cosmetic is in stock for $26.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
In its first fiscal quarter since President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced, cosmetics company E.l.f.
—Natalie Rice, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
For decades the aesthetic goal posts have been moving closer to uncanniness, thanks to the proliferation of subtle but transformative cosmetic procedures and imperceptible but appearance-altering social media filters.
—Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025
Typically, aphid problems are mostly cosmetic and seldom harm a healthy tree.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmetic
Adjective
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Some of her favorite pieces are the decorative pillows and the bathroom sink, which includes a tiny beaded drain stopper and earring studs as faucets.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Overcoming adhesion challenges A significant hurdle is ensuring strong adhesion of the decorative films on both PV glass modules and metal facade elements.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Revord fielded questions from curious castmates and asked hair and makeup artists to help choose character outfits for their Pinterest board.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Borrelli-Persson As recently as the era of the supers, runway models did their own hair and makeup.—
Vogue Runway,
Vogue,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Add ornamental onions to flower beds and edible onions near tomatoes to keep squirrels away.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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Four Petal Flowers Ornamental Textile At the time of restoration, there were no records describing the production process for the ornamental textiles with their pattern of four petal flowers.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In front of it are figurines, photos, scripts, and the paint-by-number Superman his daughter, 23, gave him as a little girl, now framed with a couple of Reeve autographs.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Take good care not to remove your paint along with the stain.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Benefitting from an on-trend, mustard-yellow coloring, the object is luxe without taking itself too seriously.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its coloring fades from lighter orange on its head to darker brown on its tail tip.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Cosmetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmetic. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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