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 energy department also awarded $28 million to Global Laser Enrichment, which recently obtained hundreds of acres near the gaseous diffusion site and is planning to establish its own enrichment operation.
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Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Jan. 2026
In addition, teams had to fix leaky ground support hardware used to load gaseous oxygen into Orion for its crew to breathe.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Distilled water is water that has been boiled, causing the water molecules to return to a gaseous state and then condense back into liquid.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
In the corner of Tomasino’s lab, Lim showed me his invention, which uses inert nitrogen to bubble the thiols out of wine and into gaseous form.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Jan. 2026
In addition, teams had to fix leaky ground support hardware used to load gaseous oxygen into Orion for its crew to breathe.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Distilled water is water that has been boiled, causing the water molecules to return to a gaseous state and then condense back into liquid.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
In the corner of Tomasino’s lab, Lim showed me his invention, which uses inert nitrogen to bubble the thiols out of wine and into gaseous form.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaseous
Adjective
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There’s a familiar rhetorical pattern to retirement announcements by most members of Congress.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Its strength lies in the creation of characters who, although sometimes forced to function stiffly as rhetorical mouthpieces, seem genuinely conflicted and caught off guard by the brutal interventions of history.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The straight-A students, in other words, likely have parents with straight-A portfolios, but both end up with B- or even C-level experiences in this inflated economy.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Introduced in season 4 and continuing through the final fifth season, Vince is a naturally gifted athlete who struggles with an inflated ego when colleges start recruiting him.—
Ken Simmons,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Aside from trying a different type of baby bottle or feeding position, there are other ways to soothe a gassy baby.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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On one end of the spectrum, feeling backed up can leave you bloated, sluggish, gassy and uncomfortable.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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