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as in fine
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
that gossamery dress should be washed gently by hand so it doesn't disintegrate
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as in fluffy
resembling air in lightness
a gossamery feather floating on the breeze
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
use this gossamery cheesecloth to strain the liquid out of the cottage cheese
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Adjective
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If your home naturally receives plenty of sun, your indoor plants may be perfectly fine.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026 -
If your oven doesn’t have a lot of stains and grease buildup, monthly cleaning should be fine.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2026
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The result is remarkably light, almost fluffy.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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But these fluffy sheets can be used in amazing ways beyond the dryer.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
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El Capitan is a roughly 3,000-foot sheer granite wall — more than twice the height of the Empire State Building — in the northern valley of Yosemite National Park in California.—
Melissa Gaffney,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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The sheer size and scope of the site presented a range of logistical challenges ahead of the reopening.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Early warning is rudimentary and community liaison mechanisms are flimsy.—
Obi Anyadike,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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More than 500 Club Brugge supporters made the journey of almost 3,700 miles to watch Tuesday’s tie with the trio in the stands stripping down to the flimsy luminous green costume before being taken away by police.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026
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The scrutiny from the EU comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users, through its AI image generation and editing capabilities, to undress people, putting women and girls in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Senator Jon Ossoff calls on other Georgia leaders Fellow Georgia senator, Jon Ossoff, asked GOP leaders to join him in demanding a full and transparent investigation.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Deuterons assemble well after the 100 MeV fireball cools, explaining how fragile nuclei endure extreme conditions.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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In the latest violence rattling the fragile ceasefire, medics said two men were killed by Israeli forces in eastern Khan Younis, in an area adjacent to where the army operates.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Musk and SpaceX have sought to steer a delicate course in the war.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Robbie’s delicate glam was the work of Pati Dubroff.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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“Gossamery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossamery. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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