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as in gauzy
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing
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as in fluffy
resembling air in lightness
the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
didn't see the gossamer spider webs until the sun hit them just right
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Recent Examples of gossamer
Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.
—Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
Though billed as an Office spinoff, Daniels and Koman wisely choose to make the connective tissue between the shows gossamer thin.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Both would be coated with a gossamer-thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations—and thus their temperature.
—Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.
—Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
Noun
But what truly sets it apart is its gossamer-thin weight.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
Though billed as an Office spinoff, Daniels and Koman wisely choose to make the connective tissue between the shows gossamer thin.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossamer
Adjective
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These aren’t just gauzy tales from the past.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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In ’50s England, her professional academic lesbian shows up in a provocatively sexy outfit with a gauzy bodice.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That usually means leaning into heavier materials and insulating textures such as a particularly warm chunky knit, fluffy accessories, and cold-weather fabrics like wool and leather.—
Julia Guerra,
InStyle,
15 Jan. 2026
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The fluffy bread surrounding the apple center balances the tartness perfectly.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Rhode founder stunned in a sheer black mesh teddy with a G-string thong design and an ab-baring cutout made out of straps.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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But the department has argued the sheer volume of documents that need to be found, uploaded, reviewed, redacted and published has forced it to instead release the files online on a rolling basis, with a series of enormous document dumps over the course of several days in mid-December.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Investors’ exuberance for OpenEvidence is emblematic of the AI froth that has taken over health care, and JPM, in the last two years — applying the technology, and in particular its generative variety, to everything from drug discovery to back office operations to patient care.—
Katie Palmer,
STAT,
12 Jan. 2026
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The pandemic-era financial froth — SPACs, meme stocks, and crypto fever — was supposed to die with rising interest rates.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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In 2024’s wild-card game, a flimsy middle triangle of Denver’s defense collapsed in a season-ending 31-7 loss to Buffalo.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four, hospital authorities said Tuesday.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, a transparent, independent and untainted investigation is not optional.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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If democracies refrain from asking these questions in public, others who are less transparent and less accountable will answer them for us.—
Alexander Görlach,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The pistachio flavor became an ice cream sensation in the 1940s, with desserts like green fluff and Watergate salad following suit in the 1970s.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tight, snappy, and long on info and short on fluff, TDS gathers the latest headlines from around the globe and puts them in one place.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Oliver Rackham, the great historian of the British countryside, devoted a not insubstantial portion of his career to rebutting this claim, noting that there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that these punishments were ever carried out.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Republican lawmakers and state attorneys general have challenged the basis of those recommendations, arguing that the evidence used to support them is insubstantial.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Gossamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossamer. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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