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Recent Examples of daymare
Like Andy Warhol, who began as a commercial illustrator, Kruger found a rich vein in the consumerist daymare of pop culture, in those glossy pages filled with feminine archetypes used to sell an idea of us to ourselves.
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Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
The idealism of the day takes on a daymare quality.
—Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 June 2012
Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
The idealism of the day takes on a daymare quality.
—Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 June 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daymare
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As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The killing scenes of the regime were so fresh in my nightmares when the war began and now the sound of airstrikes and fighter jets added to them.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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In an intoxicated fever dream, Don Quixote ascends to a mythical cloudland full of dancing dryads.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2022
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“Daymare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daymare. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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