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Recent Examples of pornographic While some individuals have produced hardcore pornographic clips starring Disney and comic book characters, others on the platform have succeeded in prompting Grok Imagine to conjure lewd imagery of Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, and Sydney Sweeney. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025 OpenAI included numerous guardrails with Sora, including moderation, restrictions on scammy, violent and pornographic material, watermarks and controls over how one's likeness is used. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025 Some states have instituted requirements for websites with adult or pornographic content to verify visitors' age before granting access, although tech experts have pointed out VPNs can be used to get around those guardrails. Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025 Like its more famous cousin from Willendorf, the depicted woman looks less like a person than like a pornographic composite of breasts, hips, and labia. Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 Jessica Guistolise, Megan Hurley and Molly Kelley talk with CNBC in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 11, 2025, about fake pornographic images and videos depicting their faces made by their mutual friend Ben using AI site DeepSwap. Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025 Alex stumbles upon true pornographic nightmare fuel. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 As of state legislation passed in 2024, creating or distributing non-consensual pornographic deepfakes is a misdemeanor offense in Indiana. Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025 In late May, a parishioner at Our Lady of the Visitation in Green Township complained to the archdiocese about pornographic websites showing up on a church computer. Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pornographic
Adjective
  • Tickets are $10 for non-adult guests, free for hotel guests and non-guest children under age 12, with proceeds benefiting Give Kids the World, a nonprofit resort providing vacations to ill children and their families.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Melon Patch also incorporates puppets to bring in a non-adult character who relates to kids.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Beside one of those blandly obscene bidets.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the show avoided an FCC probe as the West Coast delay was censored, and the East Coast broadcast aired after the 6am-10pm window during which obscene content is prohibited on broadcast TV and radio.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Suleyman said Microsoft is drawing a bright line at romantic, flirtatious and erotic content, even for adults.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Morrissey explodes the comparatively respectable conventions of prior Frankenstein adaptations by embracing the deranged erotic and fascist implications of building and breeding new life.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Who decides what’s decorous and what’s vulgar?
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The president has been targeting Jeffries online with offensive and vulgar memes since the pair first had an unsuccessful sit-down meeting in the Oval Office just before the shutdown.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Gigi Hadid arrived to Klum's annual Halloween party in 2015 in the sexy ensemble Sandy Olsson (originated by the late Olivia Newton-John) wears at the end of Grease (1978).
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Ryan Murphy’s brought Ed Gein back as a uncomfortably sexy, chainsaw wielding killer, Aileen Wuornos’ crimes are being reconsidered in a doc featuring a pre-execution interview, and over on Peacock, John Wayne Gacy is coming to life.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Davidson’s condition, which leads him to make foul-mouthed outbursts, was barely understood at the time and was the source of misunderstandings, bullying, and harassment.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Earning an Emmy and a SAG Ensemble Award for his early 2000s role in Fox’s Ally McBeal, MacNicol earned another Emmy nomination for his work as foul-mouthed New Hampshire political power player Jeff Kane on HBO’s Veep in 2019.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This period also saw Husain exploring female forms, including images of Hindu goddesses like Durga and Lakshmi, sometimes in suggestive or erotic poses.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Even more suggestive of charter value, Rick Ware and Legacy Motor Club have battled in court over the sale of a charter for $45 million.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Pornographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pornographic. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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