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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Recent Examples of gaseous
On-hand inventories of enriched uranium below five percent as well as natural uranium in the gaseous form would be limited to the amount required to meet near-term fueling needs.
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Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
At the very end of the star’s life, after all of the gaseous layers have formed, the iron core of the star forms, Miller explained.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Now, the University of California, Riverside, study proposes that exoplanets, especially large, gaseous ones like Jupiter, could act as natural laboratories for dark matter search.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
At the very end of the star’s life, after all of the gaseous layers have formed, the iron core of the star forms, Miller explained.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Now, the University of California, Riverside, study proposes that exoplanets, especially large, gaseous ones like Jupiter, could act as natural laboratories for dark matter search.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaseous
rhetorical
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The rhetorical battle over blame and ending the federal government shutdown is getting hotter, at least for some in Arizona’s congressional delegation.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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These messages are more than rhetorical escalation.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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