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Recent Examples of flakiness
With so much nourishment, the Shu Uemura lipstick can also reduce flakiness, improve texture, and some women have even reported less noticeable fine lines around the lips.
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Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Apr. 2025
With so much nourishment, the Shu Uemura lipstick can also reduce flakiness, improve texture, and some women have even reported less noticeable fine lines around the lips.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Apr. 2025
Inflammation and flakiness may result.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
In many people, the fungus promotes an inflammatory reaction within the scalp, leading to flakiness, redness, and itching.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Apr. 2025
With so much nourishment, the Shu Uemura lipstick can also reduce flakiness, improve texture, and some women have even reported less noticeable fine lines around the lips.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Apr. 2025
Inflammation and flakiness may result.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
In many people, the fungus promotes an inflammatory reaction within the scalp, leading to flakiness, redness, and itching.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flakiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flakiness
Noun
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Cena, despite his attempts at wackadoo eccentricity, seldom has enough energy to create meaningful contrast with Elba’s straight man (in fact, Elba is often the funnier and sharper of the two), and most dialogue scenes end up flat and repetitive.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
27 June 2025
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That’s a straightforward but wonderfully satisfying template, and the kind of thing that’s become a rarity in a genre where the main character’s eccentricities might as well be a shorthand that distinguishes one show from another.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Trump’s imposition of the highest tariffs in generations shocked the world in April, triggering extreme volatility on Wall Street.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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News continues to drive market volatility, interest rates are holding, and the regulatory environment is evolving, but across sectors, one thing is clear - businesses that can scale their strengths are positioned to succeed.—
Frank Sorrentino,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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