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Recent Examples of mustiness
With their high linen content, the sheets exuded no mustiness, only the faint sweet smell of aged paper.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The film, which screenwriter Rowan Joffé adapted from a 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, seems aware of the orientalist mustiness of this premise without being compelled to subvert it in any meaningful way.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The film, which screenwriter Rowan Joffé adapted from a 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, seems aware of the orientalist mustiness of this premise without being compelled to subvert it in any meaningful way.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustiness
Noun
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And, yet, there is a tangible sense of staleness, even with Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro the only remaining players from the Heat’s 2020 run to the NBA Finals and those two plus Dru Smith and Nikola Jovic the lone remaining players from the 2023 run to the NBA Finals.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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The smart shopper will already note signs of staleness and mold in the old practice of a singer in stiff white tie and tails or gaudy gown, standing, arm propped on piano, of the second banana accompanist.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Trump, the face of Satan with his hypocrite MAGA demons, engulfed in Epstein stench.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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From the outset, this was never championship or bust, but rather more a year to cleanse the stench of last season’s playoff-opening rout at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the most lopsided series loss in NBA postseason history.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This public artwork and its function — as in, this party and the space’s purpose — feels like a mirror, a temple to self, a shrine to funk, a dedication and invitation to experience what is still so divine and aspirational about the present moment.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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The flip side of all this is that Perez’s terrific career has been marked by funks and spurts … just seldom this early.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Mustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mustiness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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