as in rhetorical
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
The current version runs on compressed gaseous hydrogen, which is limited by tank volume and energy density.
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Omar Kardoudi
may 11,
New Atlas,
11 May 2026
The process typically starts with the conversion of uranium oxide into stable gaseous uranium hexafluoride, or UF6, followed by a centrifuge technique that separates the three isotopes by mass.
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Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
For example, many of the spacecraft operators want gaseous nitrogen (GN2) on hand during launches.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
For example, compaction reduces pore space, which holds oxygen and a lack of oxygen in the soil can increase the rate in which some bacteria perform denitrification, a gaseous loss of nitrogen to the atmosphere.
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Nora Doonan,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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Omar Kardoudi
may 11,
New Atlas,
11 May 2026
The process typically starts with the conversion of uranium oxide into stable gaseous uranium hexafluoride, or UF6, followed by a centrifuge technique that separates the three isotopes by mass.
—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
For example, many of the spacecraft operators want gaseous nitrogen (GN2) on hand during launches.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
For example, compaction reduces pore space, which holds oxygen and a lack of oxygen in the soil can increase the rate in which some bacteria perform denitrification, a gaseous loss of nitrogen to the atmosphere.
—
Nora Doonan,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gaseous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaseous
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Hiding in plain sight Pennsylvania, like many northern states, responded to the Declaration of Independence’s rhetorical commitment to liberty by enacting a gradual emancipation law.
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The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power.
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Teams were comfortable paying inflated prices to acquire good young players on appealing contracts.
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Once those inflated bills went unpaid, interest, penalties and fees accumulated, often ending in tax foreclosure.
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The Times first reported back in 2024 that the attraction’s gassy cars would be on the way out by the end of 2026.
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In 1997 the telescope photographed the gassy region inside the Trifid Nebula, which lies within the constellation Sagittarius.
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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