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Recent Examples of slickster
Anyone from a Hollywood Goth to a streetwear enthusiast to your average Hollywood slickster looking for something streamlined and stylish will find something here.
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Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.
—Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
Tom Parker-like showbiz slickster, believed in success by way of publicity-generating spectacle.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2016
Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.
—Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
Tom Parker-like showbiz slickster, believed in success by way of publicity-generating spectacle.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slickster
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Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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The European far right is skillfully seizing the moment, promising an agricultural overhaul and a chance to stick it to the city slickers.—
Emily Rauhala,
Washington Post,
11 Apr. 2024
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For the dapper dog walker there's plenty of tweed caps and country-style rain slickers.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2024
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And now, without further ado, an ode to the rogues and rascals who make being hot and doing crimes in this galaxy so fun to watch.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Something tells me those wary rascals spotted us and gave us the slip.—
Percy Brown,
Outdoor Life,
12 June 2025
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John Richard Simplot was a real wheeler-dealer, one of the last of the old-school American entrepreneurs.—
Dana Oland,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2025
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Roseman, grounded in salary cap machinations, negotiations and analytics, is a wheeler-dealer deluxe.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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LeMahieu then ended the inning with a slick, backhanded, sliding play on a Lindor groundout.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Pair it with this hair wax stick to get a slick back that looks strikingly similar to Scherzinger’s for under $10.—
Jeaneen Russell,
People.com,
11 June 2025
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Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.—
Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2021
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Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2019
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Many purported sightings of mountain lions in Oklahoma turn out to be other animals, including bobcats, house cats, dogs, coyotes, foxes, deer and rabbits.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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People and domestic animals should always avoid physical contact with wild animals such as raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, coyotes, which carry a higher risk of human exposure and a need for rabies post-exposure treatment.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2025
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But when Amelia goes rogue on a lethal mission for AI to rule the world, Gemma comes to realize that M3GAN is the only one who can stop her.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Essentially, two things triggered the LLMs into going rogue.—
David Szondy
June 28,
New Atlas,
28 June 2025
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“Slickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slickster. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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