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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dewy
Adjective
  • Their attempts at political discourse often veered toward the group speaking in vague, naïve universalisms.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At times on Saturday, Bremen were terribly naive, exhibiting all the fragility expected of a team built from inexperienced players.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Unless more Democrats start being realistic, many more innocent people will unfortunately continue to suffer.
    Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With just a few chairs, a handful of tables and a simple tent, the setting was intimate but filled with love and intention.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And one of these, for those of us accustomed to British conventions but who follow the game in continental Europe, is the simple passage of time.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • His emergence has enabled a talented, inexperienced team find its early identity.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Fruit Tropical and Asian fruits like durian, lychee, green mangoes and jackfruit can be found in Milwaukee's Burmese shops.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But for now, the cost to implement what is still an unproven and immature AI solution at a small business is too prohibitive.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • When first released, Marfenin’s hydrozoan medusae are immature.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead of blasting in all directions, like a primitive roadside bomb, an EFP directs and concentrates the force of its explosion.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The body shell, fenders, and low-slung doors were hung on a ladder-type frame, primitive compared to the unibody MGB roadster that debuted in 1962.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Dewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dewy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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