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Recent Examples of polyester
Get a cap and gown for a cool photo op
No graduation day is complete without a photo shoot in a tasseled cap and hot, sweaty, polyester robe, right?
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Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020
Start with polyester thermal underwear for the base layer.
—Deb Acord, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2019
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Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020
Start with polyester thermal underwear for the base layer.
—Deb Acord, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for polyester
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyester
Adjective
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For Candy, getting to play the unsophisticated traveling salesman, a big man like himself, gave him an opportunity to showcase both his flair for broad comedy and, for the first time onscreen, his innate vulnerability.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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And there’s been this story that retail investors are unsophisticated.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His first business ventures were reportedly an internet café and gaming centers in the provincial capital Fuzhou.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The spot, paid for by the Ontario provincial government and not the Canadian federal government, features the voice of former President Ronald Reagan, speaking during a radio address on April 25, 1987.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Warm, gauzy photographs depict a rustic kitchen hung with antique baskets and gleaming copper pots; militantly tidy arrangements of canapés; and a radiant young Stewart in a spotless white dress.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The cozy lodge rooms, rustic yet luxurious cabins, and glamping tents all nod to refined Canadiana—think wood headboards, plaid throw blankets, and woodsy touches like vintage snowshoes hanging on the wall.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Both zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, the most common mineral filters, are notoriously finicky ingredients—the thick white powders are cosmetically inelegant and prone to leaving white casts, particularly on deeper skin tones.—
Dani Hardman,
Allure,
15 Sep. 2025
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A certain inelegant hastiness in the plot has been resolved by treating the monologues almost as arias, giving them each an equal sense of grandeur, like the relentless finale of a fireworks display.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kimmel, like Stephen Colbert, went from acting as boorish right-wing caricatures to playing themselves — that is, liberals who dislike Trump and support vaccines.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Depicting Americans as arrogant, loud, boorish and demeaning of other cultures, the term has stuck and is still mentioned 60-plus years later.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2020
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The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring .—
Stef Schrader,
Popular Mechanics,
25 Apr. 2020
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Those long familiar with Pratt’s clownish agent-of-chaos persona both onscreen and on their social feeds may find his latest role disorienting.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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The combo together ensures that the lip doesn't look clownish.—
Sarah Hoffmann,
Allure,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Big Oil leaders Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Shell continue to hike their crude oil production volumes from West Texas’s Permian Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to deepwater Guyana despite concerns of a rising global oil glut as OPEC nations keep exporting more barrels each month.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Polyester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyester. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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