1
as in mustiness
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2
as in datedness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fustiness
Noun
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Laws are evolving rapidly—noncompliance could mean obsolescence.—
Rohit Anabheri,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025 -
In today’s newsletter: the Trump Administration is threatening to push the Senate from ineffectiveness to obsolescence.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The fair’s eleventh edition hosted 91 international exhibitors, including 13 new galleries that showcased modern and contemporary art, antiquities, jewelry and design objects.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Its New York offshoot shows much more recent art: Two-thirds of exhibitors are modern and contemporary galleries, and other exhibitors offer antiquities and jewelry.—
Farah Nayeri,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Listen to the fans thrumming above, passing the stench of death between rooms.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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One persistent theory was that plants produce these compounds passively, through oxidation of more common precursor chemicals, or that these plants partner with bacteria to produce their stenches.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Hootie [& the Blowfish], Dave [Matthews Band], and seventies soul and funk....—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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The result continued a stretch of only one win in six across all competitions for a Miami team that began the funk looking impotent in attack, and has now resumed its 2024 habit of being wide open in defense.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The whole enterprise reeks of Marvel-itis with its endless callbacks.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Fish, their main food source, reek of fuel from boats that carried people down the Turquesa.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
Noun
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What's surprising is that senior Republican lawmakers are also making a stink.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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Rodriguez is teaming up with Lysol to champion the tireless work of sports officials and make one part of their job easier – tackling the stink of post-game laundry with Lysol Laundry Sanitizer.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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