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Recent Examples of oleaginous One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them. David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess. Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 Trump cheapened the honor into near irrelevance by awarding it to Limbaugh, who died earlier this year, and then, on his way out the door in January, to two of his most oleaginous sycophants in Congress, Rep. Devin Nunes of California and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2021 Ted Cruz, the perennial front-runner, is smug and oleaginous—hated equally by his colleagues and the public. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2022 The interludes make for juicy lampoons of that unfortunate Western export, oleaginous showbiz faux-intimacy. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 The French state is represented effectively here by oleaginous High Commissioner De Roller (Magimel), a European long based in Tahiti. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 The latest incident of the Trump coterie casting new light on previously routine corruption in Washington came earlier this month, courtesy not of Trump himself, but of his oleaginous son-in-law. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2022 After tapping the oleaginous Gaetz, Biden said that crude from the Florida congressman could start flowing throughout the United States by the end of the week. Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oleaginous
Adjective
  • Mok added that other foods may offer similar health benefits, especially for sleep, including walnuts, tart cherry juice, oily fish like salmon, and some herbal teas, although more research is needed.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 27 June 2025
  • The study suggested that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) — which are released by sebum (oily secretions that help lubricate and protect skin) in the ear wax of individuals with Parkinson’s — have a certain distinctive smell.
    Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • At times, the display of closeness felt a bit unctuous, as when Musk praised Trump for his gold-heavy interior design makeover of the Oval Office.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 30 May 2025
  • The frenzied yet articulate tenor Gerhard Siegel, a veteran Herod, oozes unctuous entitlement.
    Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The portal that allows the players to go from school to school is also sickening.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
  • The Queens Botanical Garden’s annual Pride event will feature DJ music, after-hours access to the garden and sickening drag performances by Nani Tsunami and Janae SaisQuoi.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Photo Gallery Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian President Al-Sisi.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 May 2025
  • The hagiographic mode gave way to a more prosecutorial one.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Uranium supplies are abundant, and their prices aren’t nearly as volatile as the prices are for other fuels.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
  • This, in turn, implies that substructures form much earlier than previously thought — while such disks are still abundant with gas and dust.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • That unspoken contract between gore-hungry viewers and the film is mostly forged by Christien Tinsley, the makeup effects artist whose gushy prosthetics are shown off at every turn.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Oleaginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oleaginous. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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