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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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as in froth
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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
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Her gossamer voice works wonders over the next few songs as Twigs pulls listeners in with her.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 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
Born out of a deepening love of music, these songs deal in glassy, gossamer synth constructs but also in boisterous, low-stakes dance-pop.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Her gossamer voice works wonders over the next few songs as Twigs pulls listeners in with her.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossamer
Adjective
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Kerry Washington Kerry Washington looked chic in a baby pink ensemble that played to our love of textures, pairing a high-neck, lace top with a gauzy skirt embellished with pink pearls over a shiny skirt.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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There’s a nostalgic maximalism to its designs, which are usually gauzy pastel pinks, blues, and whites; covered in ditsy prints like rosebuds, daisies, and strawberries; and detailed with flourishes like ruffles and bows.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What gives them their soft, fluffy feel is down filling from goose or duck feathers.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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Unfortunately, after a beautiful ceremony complete with Joe’s white horse Milkshake, an old friend of Georgia’s, pulling her to city hall in a carriage and her walk down the aisle in a fluffy light blue Cindarella-esque ball gown, P.I.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Johnson paired the look with sheer black tights, giving the ensemble a unified tonal element overall.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 June 2025
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The sheer emotional momentum of being part of something—a sea of people unified by purpose—dissipates into the static of daily life.—
Adam Met,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Do any editors still exist at The Athletic? L Linus Y. · 46m ago Please stop treating running animals to a froth as a sport.—
Dana O'Neil,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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While exuberance ran strong, strategists were spotlighting signs of market froth for months.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most run-of-the-mill thong-style sandals come with flimsy, thin soles, and rock-hard plastic toe separators, leaving problem-prone feet sore, raw, and in way worse shape than before.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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And yet, short-term incentives and flimsy governance mechanisms for long-term commitment continue to hamstring even the most forward-thinking companies.—
Mary Johnstone-Louis,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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In Minneapolis, for instance, attorney Dean Thomson sued the city a couple of years ago to force local violence intervention groups to be more transparent.—
Martin Kaste,
NPR,
24 May 2025
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The goal of the mapping tool is to allow for a more transparent and efficient siting and permitting process for large-scale renewable energy projects, while at the same time protecting Connecticut’s environmental and natural resources, according to DEEP.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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The eight- and nine-year-old expressions—true age statements, not marketing fluff—offer deeper complexity.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Accompanying the message were two photographs: the first showing an exuberantly fluffy black cat; and the second capturing the same female cat post-groom, with a far-trimmer silhouette and, unexpectedly, grayish fur beneath the fluff.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Trump and Musk are truly onions made of glass: shiny orbs of one insubstantial layer over another, with nothing in the center, liable to be shattered under the slightest pressure.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Nineteen is certainly a lot lower than 42, but, um, 19 over the course of 94 episodes of television is not exactly and insubstantial amount.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Gossamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossamer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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