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Recent Examples of lippy
Fortunes have been made surveying drivers about vehicle features that don't work, but there's no data on how other drivers react to lippy virtual assistants.
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
While walking Vogue through her 16-step skin-care and makeup routine, the rising pop star shares a lippy secret.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
Yura picked up his bag, walked out into the vestibule, the lippy man now gone, and took his place next to three women of various ages: an old woman, a full-figured middle-aged woman, and a young girl.
—Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
Epp cross-pollinates these tragedies with those of a lippy 11-year-old girl, abandoned and stranded on her roof during the Nebraska floods of 2019.
—Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
Giles was challenged daily in practice last fall by LSU's confident, lippy secondary, led by cornerbacks Donte Jackson and Greedy Williams and safety Kevin Toliver II.
—Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
That was also accompanied by lippy attitude from the cabbie when challenged.
—Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
While walking Vogue through her 16-step skin-care and makeup routine, the rising pop star shares a lippy secret.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
Yura picked up his bag, walked out into the vestibule, the lippy man now gone, and took his place next to three women of various ages: an old woman, a full-figured middle-aged woman, and a young girl.
—Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
Epp cross-pollinates these tragedies with those of a lippy 11-year-old girl, abandoned and stranded on her roof during the Nebraska floods of 2019.
—Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
Giles was challenged daily in practice last fall by LSU's confident, lippy secondary, led by cornerbacks Donte Jackson and Greedy Williams and safety Kevin Toliver II.
—Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
That was also accompanied by lippy attitude from the cabbie when challenged.
—Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lippy
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The beloved cookbook author, who goes by the cheeky nickname @grossypelosi, has brought every bit of that high-spirited vibe to his new cookbook, Let's Party.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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The options are truly endless and range from chinoiserie to chintz to cheeky block prints.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This retired firefighter and bomb tech rose from the flames stronger, sassier, and ready to find a spark that lasts.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some cats are playful and sassy— going for the toys, knocking glasses off of tables, spider monkeying their owners from the top of a bookshelf.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Chunky, saucy ground beef melts into the soft bite-sized potato dumplings, bound to stick to your ribs.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Expect enough backstabbing, saucy secrets, and nonsensical cameos to more than make up for the loss of And Just Like That.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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The track, featuring Roco Pachukote (the Maldita Vecindad frontman), pulses with jubilant rhythms and sharp brassy flourishes, paying tribute to Mayan elder Tata Pedro Cruz and his peaceful pilgrimage for world unity.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
15 Aug. 2025
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Reid first stood out as the 15-year-old lead singer in Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, the brassy English band that served as a launching pad for a solo career that began when he just 16.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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His brazen effort to take over the Federal Reserve by removing a governor who has not been fully investigated nor charged with any crime is unprecedented and has congressional Republicans worried about overreach.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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The brazen goofiness is applied to the movie’s howl of terror like smiley-face stickers on a gravestone.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Gemma reluctantly agrees to rebuild her impudent robot in a new body, and the sequel ends with an explosive showdown between Amelia and M3GAN, who nearly dies in a noble attempt to save Gemma and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Fortunately, Snow White’s newfound enlightenment does not deny her the possibility of romance, although princes are now strictly off-limits; her love interest here is a fetchingly impudent bandit, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who is leading a scrappy rebellion against the Evil Queen.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Beautiful, not perfect; Alex can be rude, insolent, and subject to wild emotional swings and failures of decorum and logic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The movie’s startling originality is in its spirit, its insolent ironies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Their new songs were brash and bold, the type of pop songs for jumping on a hotel bed, but stemmed from a place of clarity — even in the rowdy context of their release show.—
Nina Corcoran,
Rolling Stone,
30 Aug. 2025
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Following the success of its Buenos Aires and Miami Beach siblings, the New York outpost of Alan Faena’s chic hotel group will be big, bold and brash.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Lippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lippy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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