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Recent Examples of emollient
For dry skin, look for a richer, more emollient moisturizer.
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Cierra Black, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
Thicker consistencies create an emollient barrier on top of the skin, trapping in the heat and exacerbating the inflammation.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
Those with dry skin will want to reach for an emollient formula full of hydrating ingredients, while those looking for a tinted moisturizer with SPF for oily skin should opt for ones with matte finishes and oil-absorbing ingredients.
—Kristin Limoges, WWD, 3 July 2024
Without subjecting you to a chemistry lesson, humectant ingredients must be teamed with emollient ingredients to make an effective lip balm.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2024
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Cierra Black, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
Thicker consistencies create an emollient barrier on top of the skin, trapping in the heat and exacerbating the inflammation.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
Those with dry skin will want to reach for an emollient formula full of hydrating ingredients, while those looking for a tinted moisturizer with SPF for oily skin should opt for ones with matte finishes and oil-absorbing ingredients.
—Kristin Limoges, WWD, 3 July 2024
Without subjecting you to a chemistry lesson, humectant ingredients must be teamed with emollient ingredients to make an effective lip balm.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for emollient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emollient
Adjective
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In all of those cases, the patients had run out of other options, and the organs were transplanted not through a standard clinical trial, but under special rules that permit compassionate use of experimental therapies for people in especially dire situations.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pure techno-solutionism falls short; building compassionate, regenerative AI demands philosophical and ethical rigor alongside technical excellence.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The 2025 season will last for only four more games, and the organization could have let this disappointing campaign come to a merciful end.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Founded in the mid-19th century as a grocery store in Greenwich Village, the bar retains a patina of its early years—the dim interior, wood walls, the merciful lack of thunka-thunk music.—
Harrison Hill,
AFAR Media,
19 Aug. 2025
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Many of Joaquin's accusers decried his state-level plea deal with the California Attorney General's Office as too lenient.—
Luc Cohen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Emollient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emollient. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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