fetish

variants also fetich

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Recent Examples of fetish Adjacent to Santa Fe Village on the Plaza side, be sure to stop in at Keshi gallery to admire the authentic Zuni fetishes. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 The shell of the fetish and the ruins of spectacle remain visible and intact as negative monuments. Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025 Jack’s fetish for suits put me in mind of his early experience grading spinach. Cree Lefavour, New York Times, 30 May 2025 Along the way, the orchid became the subject of scientific speculation (including by Charles Darwin), a fetish in the Victorian era’s burgeoning consumer culture, and an example of the excesses of imperialist extraction. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fetish
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Noun
  • Instead of predictive policing that reinforces existing biases, envision AI that helps communities understand and address root causes of social problems.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But even the right approach to the right problem risks failure if not properly executed.
    Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The finale closes on the skull, mysteriously crackling with energy, a talisman of promise and threat at once.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Inside the Pandora party, there was plenty to experience, with activities themed to the various talisman coins.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With a single photo, though, Swift vaulted it from obscurity into obsession.
    Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In partnership with The Hollywood Roosevelt, the series will see Murgatroyd catch up with fellow reality television stars at the iconic hotel, discussing topics such as motherhood, entrepreneurship, career journeys and their favorite reality TV obsessions.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Serving as a mascot for the museum, the donkeys have a distinct gray coat with a black cross on their backs and a calm and friendly temperament.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The company is well known for its Beaver Nuggets, homemade brisket and iconic beaver mascot.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The world’s longstanding fixation with blowjobs is arguably a function of our other longstanding fixation with pleasing cisgender men, but as our understanding of gender, sexuality, and pleasure itself has become more expansive, so, too, has our knowledge of blowjobs.
    Ian Kumamoto, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
  • Still, Hawke says Larry's fixation on Elizabeth in the story wasn't real.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like an amulet, or a bible, the immense and somehow lingering grief and rage flowing through it is with me everywhere.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Understanding the future of technology—and the wild imagination, hubris, and upheaval that accompany every technological revolution—has been a preoccupation among Atlantic writers for generations.
    Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But for Allen-Green and other community members supporting the project, a major preoccupation this year remains selling the three schools to more families in the neighborhood.
    Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But 1996 turned out to be just the early innings of the dot-com mania, and those who bailed in late 1996 missed one of the most impressive five-year S&P 500 stretches on record.
    Dan Runkevicius, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • While injuries to stars are bad enough, sometimes a collective mania around an entire team can lead to ratings disruptions.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Fetish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetish. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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