prettiness

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Recent Examples of prettiness The prettiness of it doesn’t bother Arteta unduly. Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 While there’s also a long tradition of funny fat women who are Black, this particular tradition of self-laceration feels born of white feminism, defined by how close the character is to the dominant paradigms of prettiness without embodying them herself. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2025 He’s aided in basking in all this prettiness with the seductive cinematography from Daria D’Antonio and expert costuming from Carlo Poggioli. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025 Often, Eastwood uses the surroundings as a kind of misdirect, indicating through their prettiness that all is right with the world — as in a romantic montage featuring Eastwood and Mills that plays for far longer than its narrative function requires. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prettiness
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Noun
  • There’s a lot of beauty and thought that actually originated here.
    Vogue Runway, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2025
  • UnCruise offers countless ways to immerse in its beauty.
    UnCruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That means women on average tend to contact men who are perceived to be slightly less or roughly the same as them in terms of desirability and attractiveness, which signals a cautious approach.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Other factors may also contribute to your mosquito attractiveness, like your genetics and skin odor.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These canines are individuals, like humans, with different personalities, looks and behaviors, who deserve unique names.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Prettiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettiness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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