oiliness

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Recent Examples of oiliness The right one can target acne, oiliness, pore size, and skin texture. — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2026 Common concerns tend to be acne, post-acne marks, oiliness and keeping hair and nails healthy. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026 Common concerns in this decade tend to include acne, post-acne marks, oiliness and keeping hair and nails healthy. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026 This is why during pregnancy, some pre-existing skincare concerns, like chronic breakouts or oiliness, either completely vanish or temporarily worsen. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026 According to the brand, the mask even delivers enhanced light therapy to your T-zone (forehead and nose) and U-zone (jawline, chin, and cheeks) to better target fine lines, oiliness, and breakouts. — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 These smaller, superficial doses can help minimize the appearance of pores, reduce oiliness, soften fine lines, and create a smoother overall finish without freezing your facial movements. — Jenny Jin, Allure, 21 Mar. 2026 Below, shop our nine favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness and hair loss, to dryness and dandruff. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026 Medium-full, with impressive concentration and excellent ripeness; there is a slight oiliness on the palate, along with very good acidity and significant persistence. — Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oiliness
Noun
  • There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The oil-free, non-comedogenic, chemical formula won’t clog pores, while silica and perlite absorb excess shine, leaving behind a matte finish that keeps midday slickness in check.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • In 1990, Cole meets Jeffrey Goines, a fellow mental institution patient played with bug-eyed slipperiness by Brad Pitt, whose performance nabbed him his first Oscar nod.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That factual slipperiness might matter less if the psychology connected more deeply.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His shiftiness and explosive speed gave Alabama fits all night.
    — Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • His combination of strength, shiftiness and ability to catch the football is constant, but Stokes’ ultimate X-factor is the ability to block and handle blitz pressure.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Focus on either your high level of integrity or your deviousness.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The piece urges critical inquiry into such claims, emphasizing that human oversight, not AI's inherent deviousness, can be a sizable contributor.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Frustrated but persistent, about seven hundred of the twelve hundred agents that participated in the board collaborated in what was essentially a cybersecurity version of capture the flag, a war game in which underhandedness is rewarded.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The harp is not an instrument of slyness, wryness, or the earth.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Like the tricksters of myth, there’s depth to their slyness.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Spain’s shrewdness came in their refusal to engage with off-the-ball trivialities.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Instead, Franklin will rise by virtue of hard work and (actual) shrewdness.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • In The Executioners, and the 1962 and 1991 film adaptations of that novel, Cady is a predator specifically of women — even more specifically, young women — and he’s known for this, more so than his sneakiness, cleverness, or time served.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

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“Oiliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oiliness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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