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Recent Examples of seminude
That image, Dreijer said in a recent Pitchfork interview, was influenced by a seminude self-portrait of the 79-year-old Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.
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Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.
—Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
An Ohio strip club law prohibits patrons from touching a nude or seminude dancer unless the patron is a member of the dancer's immediate family.
—Author: Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2018
The resulting seminude image, with an earnest, bead-draped Joplin standing with her hands positioned over her groin, became a defining photo of the singer when it was published in Rolling Stone after Joplin’s death in 1970.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.
—Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
An Ohio strip club law prohibits patrons from touching a nude or seminude dancer unless the patron is a member of the dancer's immediate family.
—Author: Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2018
The resulting seminude image, with an earnest, bead-draped Joplin standing with her hands positioned over her groin, became a defining photo of the singer when it was published in Rolling Stone after Joplin’s death in 1970.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminude
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Perhaps in imitation of the former occupant—known only through the photographs, books, textiles, and trinkets covering the walls and the floor—Liden sits topless at a piano.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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In particular, Wenders spoke about a scene from his 1975 film Wrong Move, which includes a topless shot of actress Nastassja Kinski, who was just 13 at the time.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Her makeup, by artist Ernesto Casillas, featured bold brows and a smoky, dramatically lined eye with Lopez’s signature glossy nude lip.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Campbell, who is the older brother of state Attorney General Andrea Campbell, is on trial for a series charges, including rape, kidnapping, and taping women nude and without their consent.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Putting Rue’s apolitical faith in nationalist terms for the show’s closing image reads like one last thumbing of the nose that butts up against the season’s occasional naked sincerity.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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Soon, the outline of the Milky Way could be seen by the naked eye.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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Investigators said some female victims were found naked or partially unclothed, with evidence of severe mutilation and objects including grenades, nails and household tools inserted into their bodies.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
21 Aug. 2025
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But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.—
Ian Gilligan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2023
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“Seminude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminude. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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