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Recent Examples of feel-good
After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success, fans expected more feel-good funk from the ensemble.
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Jose Valentino Ruiz, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
The Life of Chuck takes a difficult-to-translate novella and turns it into a feel-good film.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Swap your high heels for feel-good flats, sturdy ankle boots, or teeny-tiny pumps.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 12 June 2025
These spots, known for their standout evening fare, serve up everything from fine dining to feel-good comfort food.
—Essence, 12 June 2025
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Jose Valentino Ruiz, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
The Life of Chuck takes a difficult-to-translate novella and turns it into a feel-good film.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Swap your high heels for feel-good flats, sturdy ankle boots, or teeny-tiny pumps.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 12 June 2025
These spots, known for their standout evening fare, serve up everything from fine dining to feel-good comfort food.
—Essence, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feel-good
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Why had she been forgotten, when her peers had lingered on as nostalgic figures, totems of a safer, simpler time?—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Corey Feldman, Sean Astin and Ke Huy Quan were among the stars who took a moment to reflect on the major milestone Feldman documented his nostalgic visit to Astoria, Oregon, where the 1985 movie was filmed The Goonies turns 40!—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Digital zoom lens cameras can reduce the image quality, displaying images that are fuzzy and pixelated.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
2 June 2025
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Their everlasting merrymaking might seem warm and fuzzy at first glance, but in truth, there is a gloomy undercurrent to their existence, hiding just beneath the surface.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Getting to collaborate with him on these movies was dreamy.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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On Addison, Rae’s eclectic intentions are loud and clear: to create a distinctive, dreamy soundscape that brings her album moodboards to life — and, naturally, make fun music for people to dance to.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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Yet these persuasive quiet bits sit within the larger shape of a book that was meant to be melodramatic and violent.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl are among the stars gone enjoyably unhinged for this true story of melodramatic conflict among the European settlers of a Galápagos island.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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One user posted a sentimental goodbye to their standard matcha latte cream top order at Maru.—
Lauren Ng,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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As school years around the country wind down, many students have been paying tribute to their own Miss Honey-esque teachers on TikTok, using the voiceover and the sentimental music that goes with it to introduce educators who made a difference in their lives each year.—
Kate Hogan,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.—
Susan Orlean,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2019
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Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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There is always the wide-brim sun hat, which brings a real level of drama and panache to every occasion—and can be subverted from its saccharine ways—just look at how Alessandro Michele paired his at Valentino with a pair of groovy trousers and an opulent cropped jacket on the runway.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
5 June 2025
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Despite that high percentage of rye, this bourbon reads as quite sweet on the palate—never saccharine, to be clear, but pleasantly so with notes of vanilla, flamed custard, maple, brown sugar, and milk and dark chocolate.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
1 June 2025
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“Feel-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feel-good. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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