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as in mustiness
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as in datedness
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Noun
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Coach Billy Napier’s team blended play-calling staleness, horrendous clock management, defensive containment issues and overall immaturity.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even keeping its ever-looming obsolescence at bay for another decade or three.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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In that case, universities are fine-tuning their students for obsolescence, and the latter are paying handsomely for this privilege.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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The former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister won a landslide victory against his rival Firmin Edouard Matoko, a veteran diplomat and economist from Congo Brazzaville.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Athenians have been legume lovers since antiquity, and beans and pulses remain a fixture on meze menus the city over as a healthier, more affordable alternative to meat.—
Katherine Whittaker,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
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There was seemingly a healthy respect between the players, like opposing superstars Virat Kohli and Babar Azam sharing a laugh in an enduring image, in what was a snapshot of the possibilities when the stench of politics is absent.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The family claimed their house was plagued with blood-curdling screams, foul stenches and other terrors: Jack Smurl and one of his daughters had been tossed around the house, as was the family’s pet German shepherd.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Buffalo probably will pull out of this funk, but what then?—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The longtime outfit from Omaha, Nebraska, that melds rock, reggae, rap and funk first declared March 11 (get it?—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Carson Wentz‘s stat line didn’t reek of disaster in Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh in Dublin.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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The town itself is also undergoing a massive urban re-development initiative led by Quasartico — which definitely reeks of gentrification and will probably be nefarious in the long run.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Even on the gaming front, the Xenomorphs are going strong with great Alien games like Aliens: Dark Descent and Aliens: Fireteam Elite, eradicating the stink that 2013's Aliens: Colonial Marines left hanging over the franchise.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The raw sewage rises to the surface, adding to the unbearable stink, which spreads and worsens with every passing day.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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