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as in mustiness
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as in datedness
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The film, which screenwriter Rowan Joffé adapted from a 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, seems aware of the orientalist mustiness of this premise without being compelled to subvert it in any meaningful way.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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The smart shopper will already note signs of staleness and mold in the old practice of a singer in stiff white tie and tails or gaudy gown, standing, arm propped on piano, of the second banana accompanist.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Consider this a magical opportunity to escape the staleness of fall.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
29 Dec. 2025
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To an extent, pop personas are designed for obsolescence—even the most iconic are fallible.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
27 Jan. 2026
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These projections cannot be reconciled with the need for affordable utility service (not to mention continued massive levels of gas distribution spending at risk of technological obsolescence).—
David S. Lapp,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even the name Greenland taps into antiquity thanks to Erik the Red, who was banished here in 982, found a sheltered, green fjord to call home, and named the place Greenland, an embellishment to lure other Norsemen west.—
Tim Neville,
Outside,
23 Jan. 2026
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Since successful maritime navigation in antiquity was based on the winds and ocean currents that could be devastating if miscalculated, ships moved from port to port and always kept land in sight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Last year, residents in the majority-Black community of Boxtown in South Memphis testified at public hearings about a rotten egg-like stench in the air, and the impact of worsening smog on their heart and lung health.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2026
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Often accompanied by a groovy, ’70s-style score of the Lalo Schifrin jazz-funk variety, the 60-something Bronx man Harry is certainly trying his darndest to maintain some semblance of that past.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Jets hadn't made the playoffs in nearly a decade, but Darnold was supposed to be the guy to get them out of that funk.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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In town, the painter also notes the reek of decomposing bodies, of garbage, of blood streaming out of the butcher shop.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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If the yellow home effort had a whiff of a 1990s Sunday league kit, the white one absolutely reeks of it.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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