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Recent Examples of massy
While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.
—Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 4 May 2017
Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.
—Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 4 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massy
Adjective
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Transparent dresses and any other form of nude dressing were ruled out, as were any overly voluminous silhouettes or trains.—
Blanche Marcel,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
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Kahm used it to create voluminous dresses, some featuring peplum accents at the waist and others resembling full-on bustle derrières.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Shawls are a staple in her travel wardrobe, especially for flights when bulky jackets just aren’t practical.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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The device could also diagnose sleep disorders without bulky la equipment, monitor mental health conditions over time, and sense early signs of medical complications, the university said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Faisal and an English-speaking friend waited through the leaden afternoon, inquiring at the front desk every half-hour, monitoring a website that indicates when inmates are released.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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On a rainy morning the vistas are wild and windswept, both sea and sky taking on leaden hues; on a sunny afternoon, the blue waves roll towards the land in hypnotic lines, merging into the sky.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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An outsized date display sits at 12 o’clock.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Tech companies have an outsized impact on public policy.—
Olivier Sylvain,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Queen Kapiolani, Hawaii’s queen from 1874 to 1891, died on the land that became the site of the elephantine indoor/outdoor Hyatt Regency resort in Waikīkī, where Kumukahi was the cultural ambassador for a decade.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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Eclectic traditionalism, remade on an elephantine scale, is the style of totalitarianism.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Years later, only a fraction of projects are built because of burdensome red tape and outdated processes.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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However, people often report that CPAP is burdensome, and for some the therapy is intolerable.—
Erika Yamazaki,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2024
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
23 May 2023
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“Massy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massy. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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