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Recent Examples of gelatinous
Everyone on the Team Girl side is completely saturated, including Pons, who slips in the gelatinous substance and falls, not once but twice.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
This gelatinous creature, known for its massive eyes and long arms, was found during an expedition by the CSIRO.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
The mixture, which is thick and more gelatinous than flegg, has a neutral taste but can be texturally grainy.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Squishy, pale and gelatinous, the blobfish isn’t winning any beauty pageants.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
This gelatinous creature, known for its massive eyes and long arms, was found during an expedition by the CSIRO.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
The mixture, which is thick and more gelatinous than flegg, has a neutral taste but can be texturally grainy.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Squishy, pale and gelatinous, the blobfish isn’t winning any beauty pageants.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelatinous
Adjective
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The red smile in her neck pulses viscous filling down her chest, over the four letters on the plastic name badge pinned to her shirt.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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Shake your ingredients for 15-20 seconds (or longer for more viscous ingredients) before straining the drink into a chilled glass.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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After 15 years of sharing gorgeously gooey, cheesy goodness, a popular Miami sandwich restaurant is closing its doors.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Photo: Dimension Films/Everett Collection The Matrix had been out for less than a month when along came a much gooier plunge down the virtual rabbit hole.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 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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The shop sells a variety of sweet treats, such as gummy bears, seasonal sweets, assorted chocolates and lollipops.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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There was 'Luv Shaq' vodka and most recently, Shaq-A-Licious XL Gummies, an oversized gummy candy shaped like the bald head of an NBA legend.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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“Gelatinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelatinous. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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