as in rhetorical
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
another gassy speech by a long-winded politician
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Recent Examples of gassy
The dynamics have changed now—especially in the heart of the gassy Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2025
But during his promotion of the racing movie, star Brad Pitt reminded us that celebrities are just like us: gassy as hell.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 July 2025
Thankfully, Midas is now fully recovered from his gassy ordeal, and is back to his usual self, running around the house and enjoying life.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
The bubbles from carbonation add extra gas to your digestive system, and chia’s soluble fiber can slow down digestion, which may leave you feeling overly full or gassy.
—Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2025
But during his promotion of the racing movie, star Brad Pitt reminded us that celebrities are just like us: gassy as hell.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 July 2025
Thankfully, Midas is now fully recovered from his gassy ordeal, and is back to his usual self, running around the house and enjoying life.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gassy
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The proliferation of letters in the New Testament is also typical of second-century literary activity; letters written as rhetorical models, using the epistolary form as an intimate vehicle for argument, are everywhere in the later period.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Its sustained support for armed proxy groups in the region — organizations that openly seek Israel’s destruction — demonstrates that this is not merely rhetorical.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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For example, many of the spacecraft operators want gaseous nitrogen (GN2) on hand during launches.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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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
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American oil companies can sell as much as ever, now at an inflated price.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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Criticisms of the Miami signature bridge project To critics who have complained from the start that the project was a waste of taxpayer money better spent on expanding public transit, the inflated costs and delays are all too predictable.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Those include Croft's flatulent butler, Winston (Bill Paterson), the explorer's uncle, Atlas DeMornay (Jason Isaacs), and Croft's tech-savvy friend, Zip (Martin Bobb-Semple).—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Jan. 2026
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Now in its fifth season, the Apple TV drama follows a gang of screw-up spies who are nobody’s idea of the Avengers, led by Gary Oldman’s irascible, flatulent Jackson Lamb.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Gassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gassy. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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