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Recent Examples of nappy
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
25 Aug. 2025
But composting services aren’t universally available and some of the products are less absorbent than normal nappies, critics say.
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Diana Olick,
CNBC,
1 July 2025
More chaos, more laughs, more nappies and more...everything!
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Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
20 May 2025
Not to mention having the epic yellow nappies from the waist down.
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Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
Atletico Madrid, Leganes, Sevilla, Betis and Mallorca were among those to use their stadiums as collection points for materials donated by supporters, with food, blankets, nappies and water sent by road to those who badly needed them.
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Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
24 Nov. 2024
The results are wondrous: a delightfully discordant fever dream that covers high fashion nappies, boots inspired by André Courrèges, and a puff-sleeve wedding dress suggesting both restriction and a strange kind of freedom.
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Liam Hess,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2024
Noun
These are giant concrete-like clusters of cooking oil, grease, nappies, wet wipes and such that congeal into masses in our sewers, clogging networks.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
25 Aug. 2025
But composting services aren’t universally available and some of the products are less absorbent than normal nappies, critics say.
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Diana Olick,
CNBC,
1 July 2025
More chaos, more laughs, more nappies and more...everything!
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Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
20 May 2025
Not to mention having the epic yellow nappies from the waist down.
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Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
Atletico Madrid, Leganes, Sevilla, Betis and Mallorca were among those to use their stadiums as collection points for materials donated by supporters, with food, blankets, nappies and water sent by road to those who badly needed them.
—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
24 Nov. 2024
The results are wondrous: a delightfully discordant fever dream that covers high fashion nappies, boots inspired by André Courrèges, and a puff-sleeve wedding dress suggesting both restriction and a strange kind of freedom.
—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nappy
Adjective
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Some of our go-to eye serums are marked down for Prime Day, too, including the COSRX Snail Mucin Peptide Under Eye Cream, which features snail mucin, peptides, and niacinamide to even out discoloration and soothe puffy areas.
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The difference in how much less puffy and sore my feet, ankles, and legs felt on the second flight was astounding.
Noun
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Neither will New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who on Tuesday was mum on any details to which he’d been made privy, carefully side-stepping a question about the Swift event during a press conference about the impending heat wave.
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Author Andy Weir has remained mum on chances of a sequel, saying his next book is a standalone novel.
Adjective
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The office would provide spa-fluffy robes, heated towels, and premium teas.
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Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
Noun
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Smithsonian Journeys has dialed up the depth of exploration for these itineraries, adding beer tastings or artisan bakery visits to shore excursions, and again putting their experts onboard for fascinating lectures on the region.
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The Smoking River Brewing Company nearby is your best option for post-hike fuel, with brick oven pizza, beer, live music, and bingo.
Adjective
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Flavors of black cherry, star anise, and mint are set into downy tannins that linger on the palate.
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Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.
Noun
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These soldiers of sunshine had merely consumed all the lager, ale and Guinness.
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Three signature beer varieties were poured by the craft brewery, including its Kit Kupker, an amber ale; Devil’s Paint Box, a West Coast IPA; and Honest Haze, a hazy IPA.
Adjective
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Two years later, Swift pushed the bounds of her beauty yet again, pairing a white, deep V-cut gown with a shaggy bob.
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In most respects the man was unremarkable, just another shaggy head of hair in a sea of skater-boy business casual.
Noun
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There is also a stash of BuzzBallz ready-to-drink cocktails for trivia winners, but Misraje and his cast do not deliver their performances with smirks or smarm.
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One tenant already on-site is Canopy Cocktails & Garden, a cocktail bar and lounge that serves craft cocktails, wine and small plates and hosts live music and community events within the complex.
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“Nappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nappy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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