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Recent Examples of gestural
Rouy’s work is large gestural paintings of bodies in motion or in states of becoming.
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Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
After the tour to support Funeral, the band laid down acoustic versions of the Funeral material, often in one take, feeling out arrangements, reworking the songs in ways no less powerful than the originals, but quieter, more gestural, less anthemic.
—Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Watts said the highly physical, masculine and gestural choreography will reflect that tension.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Among the presentations are a series of gestural ceramics and paintings from the ’60s and ’70s by Martin Wong, presented by P.P.O.W. and a group presentation of ink paintings from the post-Mao period in China by Beijing’s INKstudio.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
After the tour to support Funeral, the band laid down acoustic versions of the Funeral material, often in one take, feeling out arrangements, reworking the songs in ways no less powerful than the originals, but quieter, more gestural, less anthemic.
—Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Watts said the highly physical, masculine and gestural choreography will reflect that tension.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Among the presentations are a series of gestural ceramics and paintings from the ’60s and ’70s by Martin Wong, presented by P.P.O.W. and a group presentation of ink paintings from the post-Mao period in China by Beijing’s INKstudio.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
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The next steps include speeding up the AI's processing, making the output voice more expressive and exploring ways to incorporate tone, pitch and loudness variations into the synthesized speech.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While most robot vacuums and mops heavily rely on their companion mobile app, the W2 Pro Omni doesn't.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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Anyone who wants to report concerning behavior in the school district can make an anonymous report using the Azle ISD tip line on the district’s website or mobile app.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Stuck outside on a movable cleaning platform hundreds of feet in the air, Joey is the only person close enough to the situation to intervene.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Addressed an issue where players could pass through movable objects while sprinting inside kofuns.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The larger your business is, the more moving pieces there will be in your financial puzzle, and therefore the more complex your tax return will be.—
Bree Manay,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Brennen says one of the most moving moments was when the granddaughter spoke to the crowd.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Why was the usually demonstrative Sai so calm and composed on her exit?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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By the late ’80s, the work got much larger and more demonstrative, with bolder and surprising colors.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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