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also glamourous
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as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
the glamorous sights and scents of a Turkish market
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as in charismatic
having an often mysterious or magical power to attract
glamorous Hollywood celebrities whose every move is breathlessly recorded by the media
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Recent Examples of glamorous
Some of the world’s most successful companies revved up their success in the least glamorous of places.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
What’s less glamorous but can make a huge difference in people’s lives at the population level is disease prevention and treatment.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
The big difference, however, is that Gaga is unconcerned with maintaining a glamorous image.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
But not everything is glamorous.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
What’s less glamorous but can make a huge difference in people’s lives at the population level is disease prevention and treatment.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
The big difference, however, is that Gaga is unconcerned with maintaining a glamorous image.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
But not everything is glamorous.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glamorous
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The film shows warriors riding in on tigers, some romance, lots of dancing and fighting, exotic locales, and the lead summoning a massive monster made of sticks and brush to fight her enemies.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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West Indies Salad, or West Indies as the locals say, might sound like an exotic dish, even tropical.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Because there’s something about Toni Collette as a charismatic cult leader offering you a framework for your rage that feels like something Mae Martin would be susceptible to.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The way people responded to the central romantic relationship in Girls, between Hannah (Dunham) and Adam (Driver), who were dysfunctional in myriad ways.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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In the wake of Daniel Deronda, Nolan starred as the scientist Geoff Hardcastle on the first two seasons (1970-71) of the BBC environmental drama Doomwatch and as Nick Faunt in 1973 on the romantic Depression-era ITV miniseries Shabby Tiger.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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The era of the concert hall was at hand, and the same qualities that had made the mandolin attractive at home now put it at a disadvantage.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Do leave enough of the shoots in bloom to keep attractive plants.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Still, scrolling through TMZ’s posts of congresspeople instills a strange rush of Schadenfreude.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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This is one of the stranger ironies — liberal politicians, often skeptical of market forces, become true believers in rosy stock market projections that will render new commitments affordable.—
Daniel DiSalvo,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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In an era of AI, promising to save companies cash by automating white-collar jobs, the use of chatbots for guidance may be an appealing alternative to firms no longer willing or able to shell out for consultants.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Home Depot is running a bunch of appealing deals on Makita tools as part of its Spring Black Friday fire sale right now.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, as Effie, Carmela Mayo did a marvelous job keeping the mime passages in character but also broad enough to make every plot point discernable in a vast venue.—
Rachel Howard,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
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But dry and firm conditions are scary, even in this marvelous garden.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Whitley Hotel Atlanta Buckhead One of Buckhead's most charming properties, The Whitley blends old-school grandeur with cosmopolitan style.—
Ellie Nan Storck,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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Big-hearted and sharply funny, Lucy Schulman is a charming comedic coming-of-age story from multihyphenate Tribeca alum Ellie Sachs.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Glamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamorous. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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