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Recent Examples of liquid Inspired by the shifting seasons in Japan, this bright, botanical-forward cocktail is elegance in liquid form—no shaker or stirring required. Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 This product is a biodegradable liquid solution that can be easily applied to the soil surface, connecting the stations around a house, creating a non-toxic protection zone around a structure. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 May 2025 Officers at Los Angeles International Airport uncovered more than 17 pounds of liquid methamphetamine concealed in plastic bottles labeled as dog shampoo this month. Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 Habitable zones are defined as regions around stars that are temperate enough to allow liquid water to exist at the surfaces of terrestrial planets within the area. Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for liquid
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Adjective
  • Sip on tea and flowing cocktails, including rose spritzes and lychee raspberry martinis.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The film’s score is, by turns, delicate and bold, flowing and discordant, unrepentantly experimental, and an echo of the grandeur of Hollywood.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This scenic gorge captivates in winter, when water rushing over the vertical cliff walls freezes into a silent, crystal cathedral of blue-and-white icicles.
    Lisa Kadane, AFAR Media, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Dive your way around the island Courtesy of the Curaçao Tourist Board With more than 70 dive sites, crystal blue water, vibrant coral, and unique biodiversity, Curaçao is a haven for scuba divers.
    Curaçao Tourist Board, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • With a lightweight, fluid texture, the sunscreen sinks right into the skin, drying with a matte finish.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 May 2025
  • Of the seven rookies, five have pretty clear starting points on the team’s fluid depth chart.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • To paraphrase Bochner, the thesaurus is not transparent.
    Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • One downside of selling physical gold is traditionally high trading costs — and those costs are typically not transparent, Kristof said.
    Jessica Dickler,Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The weakness of the Flash 22 is the shoulder straps, which are quite thin.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 1 May 2025
  • And those guesses rely on default templates drawn from overrepresented groups in media and training data: cisgender, white, able-bodied, thin.
    Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The goal was clear: to address everyday concerns like sensitivity, razor bumps, and discoloration—issues all too common in melanin-rich skin.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Although no concrete action appears to have come from Martin's letters yet, Garcia said the implications are clear.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Liquid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquid. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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