as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
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An analysis by the company found that the likely cause was the failure of a pressurized tank that stores gaseous nitrogen for the ship's environmental control system, which triggered the explosion.
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
The ignorosphere forms a boundary between Earth's gaseous shroud and outer space.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025
In a November land deal with the state, Global Laser Enrichment obtained more than 600 acres adjacent to the gaseous diffusion plant.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
Joyn has already sequenced the genomes of around 20 different bacterial species, all of which naturally take gaseous nitrogen from the air and use enzymes to convert it into ammonia, which plants use to make DNA, proteins, and other essential building blocks of life.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
The ignorosphere forms a boundary between Earth's gaseous shroud and outer space.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025
In a November land deal with the state, Global Laser Enrichment obtained more than 600 acres adjacent to the gaseous diffusion plant.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
Joyn has already sequenced the genomes of around 20 different bacterial species, all of which naturally take gaseous nitrogen from the air and use enzymes to convert it into ammonia, which plants use to make DNA, proteins, and other essential building blocks of life.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaseous
rhetorical
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Trump’s broadside against the UN is the latest salvo in a broader rhetorical battle about the value of multilateral organizations like it compared with the bilateral partnerships and deals favored by the current US administration.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Using his encyclopedic knowledge of House rules and his deft rhetorical skills, Adams could spin any floor debate into one about the issue of slavery.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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