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Recent Examples of sculpted
Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
That effect is achieved via its sculpted superstructure, which is done up in aerodynamic lines and shapes for that constantly in-motion look.
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Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2026
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
For generations the ancient city of Axum has been a hub for skilled metal workers, who have sculpted raw gold into coins and jewelry.
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Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
Roth explains that this is the second iteration of his sculpted shadow, as the first was too heavy to wear.
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Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
That effect is achieved via its sculpted superstructure, which is done up in aerodynamic lines and shapes for that constantly in-motion look.
—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
It’s nicely sculpted with a curvaceous feature that its glossy salespeople will tell you is reminiscent of a Bugatti hypercar.
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New Atlas,
13 June 2026
For generations the ancient city of Axum has been a hub for skilled metal workers, who have sculpted raw gold into coins and jewelry.
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Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sculpted
Adjective
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Labour’s powerful National Executive Committee, which blocked a previous attempt by Burnham to run for parliament, cleared him to stand.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
Verb
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But that one course, Sugarloaf Golf Club, is also one of the few publics in the Northeast to have made Golf Digest’s Top 100, a Robert Trent Jones II classic with drop dead views on nearly every hole, carved from a gorgeous wilderness teeming with moose and other wildlife.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Expanding on sounds pioneered by his Memphis predecessors, such as Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG, Tay Keith carved his own lane.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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Theron, meanwhile, hurls herself into the sinewy action sequences that have increasingly been her home turf over the past two decades, flinging herself down hills and into rivers and navigating some precarious rock-climbing terrain.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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That brisk storytelling economy is a good fit for Theron’s own terse, sinewy performance style.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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From their beginnings in the early 1990s, Failure have attracted admirers to their muscular, celestial sound, including Tool’s Maynard James Keenan and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
16 June 2026
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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However, Jupiter's hulking presence blocked most of that flow, keeping more of that rock, dust, and gas trapped in the inner solar system.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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That display is dwarfed by the hulking frames containing hundreds of buttons accumulated over two decades.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Powered by a beefy V8 producing up to 430 horsepower, these Corvettes remain shockingly fast even by modern standards.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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In Utah, every R2 arrived in Launch Edition spec, which means 330 miles (531 km) of range despite dual motors and a beefy 656 horsepower (482 kW) and 609 lb-ft of torque (826 Nm).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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The comparison suggests Mexican winemaking is a monolith and that its offerings mimic Napa’s brawny fruit-forward wines—two deeply misguided assumptions.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 June 2026
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Some might make the case that 2005’s brawny alien apocalypse action thriller War of the Worlds fits the bill.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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There are three pretty hefty action scenes there, and each one of those had a night to shoot.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
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Lodging at ski resorts is also off-season in summer, meaning sometimes hefty discounts versus many non-ski golf resorts where summer is high season.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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“Sculpted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpted. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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