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or fogeyish
as in stodgy
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Adjective
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Still, Scherzinger was fascinated with the way the enfant terrible’s brain worked and his ability to attract a new generation of theatergoers to London’s once-stodgy West End.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025 -
One team looked sloppy, stodgy, prone to silly penalties, indifferent to tackling and mentally soft.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
11 Oct. 2025
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But something about the work’s improbable balancing act—the small dowdy base exerting enough gravity to keep the rest airborne—breathes energy into the air around it.—
Susan Tallman,
New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bonus points for Sarah Sherman’s dowdy character, who accidentally got on the Epstein list.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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Huntington, a lifelong Democrat, was accused of blimpish conservatism, jingoism or worse.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
29 June 2018
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Poking out of the vertical wall of a cutbank in a seasonally dry river was a vertebra – part of the backbone – and some ossified tendons.—
Paul C. Sereno,
The Conversation,
24 Oct. 2025
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Really late developers, who might not be fully grown until around 20 or 21, could be 25 before their apophyseal sites are fully ossified.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The perforated brogue detailing gave the set extra flair, while not one, but two metal buckles embellished the set.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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The members would have to live within a set geographic area in and around Independence and would serve staggered three-year terms, so only a few seats would ever turn over at the same time.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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Keystone ensures the Walkabout 26 Max exterior works as the most loyal of multi-adventure partners, starting with a huge pass-through front storage locker made possible by the drop frame.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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In recent years, Bleed had continued recording and performing, maintaining a loyal fan base drawn to his signature mix of southern wisdom and lyrical realism.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In a 2022 Instagram post, The Conjuring 2 director and The Nun producer James Wan explained the creative choice to portray Valak as a demonic nun, rather than in a form more faithful to his mythological depictions.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The positivity was palpable among the Aggie faithful late Saturday night.—
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.—
Prem Thakker,
The New Republic,
10 Mar. 2023
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Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2021
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“Fogyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogyish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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