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as in adult
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
opposition to a pornographic bookstore opening in the neighborhood
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
the store kept all of its pornographic DVDs locked up, thus ensuring that they would be accessible only to adults
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Recent Examples of pornographic
According to the criminal complaint, the victims told police that Meyers asked them to send nude photos or make pornographic videos.
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Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The employees also sent pornographic magazines with the husband’s name on them to a neighbor’s home and planned to break into the couple’s garage to install a GPS device on their car.
—Leah Willingham, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Forty-five states have enacted laws specifically on deepfake pornographic images.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
The Barry University law professor arrested this week had hundreds, and possibly thousands, of pornographic photos and videos of children on his hard drive, according to the affidavit for his arrest released Thursday.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Stephen’s Yale acceptance is rescinded after the school receives Wrigley’s report about his severe online harassment, including the distribution of pornographic material.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
Millions of children were watching and the lyrics were purely pornographic.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
The startup has faced a global backlash over its Grok chatbot, which was allowed to generate nonconsensual pornographic images of women and children for weeks before the team stepped in to stop it.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The speakers took questions from concerned parents, who asked about the use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images — a growing threat on social media — and what law enforcement will do about trafficking as the World Cup approaches.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026
Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The employees also sent pornographic magazines with the husband’s name on them to a neighbor’s home and planned to break into the couple’s garage to install a GPS device on their car.
—Leah Willingham, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Forty-five states have enacted laws specifically on deepfake pornographic images.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
The Barry University law professor arrested this week had hundreds, and possibly thousands, of pornographic photos and videos of children on his hard drive, according to the affidavit for his arrest released Thursday.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Stephen’s Yale acceptance is rescinded after the school receives Wrigley’s report about his severe online harassment, including the distribution of pornographic material.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
Millions of children were watching and the lyrics were purely pornographic.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
The startup has faced a global backlash over its Grok chatbot, which was allowed to generate nonconsensual pornographic images of women and children for weeks before the team stepped in to stop it.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The speakers took questions from concerned parents, who asked about the use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images — a growing threat on social media — and what law enforcement will do about trafficking as the World Cup approaches.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pornographic
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For many readers and critics, the perception was that Mansfield was almost writing children’s fiction, since most of her stories are deceptively easy to read, although her themes are entirely adult in both form and content.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Justin Vernon’s midwestern charm and pliable falsetto has always endeared him to indie-rock dads raised on Michael McDonald, but starting a family himself between Bon Iver projects turned this year’s Sable, Fable into a deep examination of the fatherly adult contemporary figure in popular music.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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And for a while, Chase was like spending kind of obscene amounts of money like recycling the metal and the thing.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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An investigation by the Bakersfield Police Department also led to separate charges citing Mays for possession of more than 600 images of youth or child pornography and distribution of obscene matter involving someone younger than 18.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bracketed by a song about ICE disappearing US citizens and another song with a visceral description of torture, this erotic vision of national unity is more than simply titillating.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
11 Mar. 2026
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Winnie Cheung, United States, 2025 A motorcycle rebel spirals deeper into her erotic hallucinations in order to escape the grip of a sultry serpent woman.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Lewd and vulgar language is banned.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bauder admonished the crowd several times for being too noisy, and police removed a protester who yelled vulgar comments.—
Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Think press-on nails, sexy stretch denim, and patterned blouses.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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The effect was to make solitude sound sexy, sad, and hopeful at once.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Mascherano was then ejected in stoppage time after arguing a foul call against one of his players, earning a yellow card, then a second for continuing to protest.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2026
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Senior guard Berkely Schneider made 6 of 8 foul shots, including four in the final minute, to finish with 10 points.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Wasserman rode on Epstein’s plane and exchanged suggestive messages with Maxwell, the files the DOJ released show.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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More disturbingly, some MAGA cultural warriors claimed to be disgusted by Bad Bunny’s suggestive dancing and called for his censorship, harking back to the 1950s, when emerging superstar Elvis Presley was shot by TV cameras from the waist up during his appearance at the Ed Sullivan show.—
Ediberto Roman,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pornographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pornographic. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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