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as in mustiness
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as in datedness
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Noun
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With their high linen content, the sheets exuded no mustiness, only the faint sweet smell of aged paper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026 -
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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The pace of obsolescence seems to be moving at warp speed for both AI hardware and software, particularly the LLMs.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Elevator operators and tollbooth attendants went through this slow fade to obsolescence with no damage to the economy.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Villainous weirdos like Bronze Age Pervert, Curtis Yarvin, or Jack Donovan who populate the ranks of far-right intellectuals are obsessed with their own fabulism about antiquity, reminding one of the murderous gaggle of privileged college kids in Donna Tart’s 1993 campus novel The Secret History.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the capital holds one of the world’s largest collections of European art at the Kunsthistorisches Museum—among the most beautiful museums in the world—where pieces range from Roman antiquities to Renaissance-era armor that once belonged to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.—
Lane Nieset,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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Though the stretch is no longer overflowing with sewage, there’s still a foul stench in the air and a constant din of construction work along the path where residents typically ride their bikes, take walks and launch their canoes.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Now, the current energy crisis has made the situation so much worse that residents, sickened by the stench and the flies, have started burning the garbage, covering parts of Havana with unhealthy blankets of smoke, Cuban independent news outlet 14ymedio reported.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Economic output by worker per hour broke out of its pandemic funk to new all-time highs last year, federal statistics show.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, big-name headliners Busta Rhymes, Mya, Big Daddy Kane and funk rockers Morris Day and The Time took to the main stage.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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This policy reeks of racial bias.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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There’s a generally inbred vibe, and that bloody reek of inheritance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 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 19 Feb. 2026.
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