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Recent Examples of gelatinous
More of the moon jellies suddenly made their way to the sea’s surface, with hundreds of the gelatinous creatures suddenly blanketing the harbor water’s surface in an awe-inspiring sight.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
With warm summer waters still lingering in the North Sea, plant operators and marine scientists will be watching closely for the next unpredictable wave of these gelatinous troublemakers.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Soon after, a survey found a new gelatinous ball of fresh eggs near the microphone that recorded it.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 19 July 2025
The brain is essentially an electrical organ, and that fact plus its gelatinous consistency pose a hard technological problem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
With warm summer waters still lingering in the North Sea, plant operators and marine scientists will be watching closely for the next unpredictable wave of these gelatinous troublemakers.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Soon after, a survey found a new gelatinous ball of fresh eggs near the microphone that recorded it.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 19 July 2025
The brain is essentially an electrical organ, and that fact plus its gelatinous consistency pose a hard technological problem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelatinous
Adjective
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The film becomes thicker than honey at such temperatures, hardly recognizable as water, and far too viscous for skiing.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately, if these medications are dissolved in a single-injection amount of carrier liquid at such high concentrations, the protein molecules clump together, resulting in a mixture that is too viscous to be safely injected.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Many of our grandmothers spent years perfecting their recipes for fluffy, gooey cinnamon rolls.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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Sea stars that contracted the disease became lethargic, developed lesions, lost their arms and disintegrated into gooey masses within days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike a liqueur, this isn’t built on syrupy sweetness.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With a rocker’s bleached-out shag, ropy arms vined with tattoos and jangly silver bracelets, and skintight jeans slashed by rips and rivets, Mr. Webb was a proudly resolute bearer of the punk-glam torch, even as the decades moved inexorably along.—
Penelope Green,
New York Times,
16 Apr. 2020
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Nearly 2m Ukrainians have arrived since 2014, pushed by a ropy national economy and a war in the country’s east, and pulled by higher wages in Poland.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
22 Feb. 2020
Adjective
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Just don't get overconfident and overtax the motor on thick, glutinous batter—or keep this running for long mixing times above 10 minutes.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
29 June 2025
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Often, Marvin came up with performances on the spot as DoP Ruslan Fedotov filmed – for instance, writhing in a glutinous pool of mud.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Insert shortbread or vanilla cookies in the cookie dirt to look like graves, then arrange gummy worms, sprinkles, and pumpkin candies around to complete the scene.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
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There's, of course, a lot of drinking and a weed gummy involved.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Gelatinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelatinous. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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