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Recent Examples of oiliness
Medium-full, with impressive concentration and excellent ripeness; there is a slight oiliness on the palate, along with very good acidity and significant persistence.
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Below, shop our 13 favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness to hair loss.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Below, shop our 13 favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness to hair loss.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oiliness
Noun
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Still working through residual resentments from last year, her lyrics this cycle often clash with the careful slickness of the production.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Untouched by any chain stores or contemporary slickness, the neighborhood’s highlights include the Tea House on Los Rios inside a 1911 Victorian, cottage-like Hummingbird House Cafe and Hidden House Coffee found inside a Craftsman.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The slipperiness becomes a source of misunderstanding when a cat is caught up a tree.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson is one of the most difficult backs to bring down, with his speed and shiftiness.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Vue’s combination of shiftiness with the ball and the ability to win the ball out of the air against opponents of any size, Manson said, is rare to find in any player — a combination of technical excellence and soccer smarts.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ay, the superb slyness of that last response!—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And Ten Hag’s training ground shrewdness was meant to correct that.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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When does compromise become treachery or defeat?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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And as the secretive Jack, Travis Van Winkle oozes oily, sexist insincerity.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Far too little has been written about Mac Allister’s hernia issue in the summer, and subsequent slow return to match sharpness.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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You’ll be surprised by the luminosity of ingredients like bergamot, turmeric, and peppercorn that come with this offering, whose sharpness is cut through by the sweetness of fig and the citrusy woodiness of petitgrain.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Oiliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oiliness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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