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Recent Examples of smoothness
The Pistons are gritty, but the salient quality of Cunningham’s game is its smoothness.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
This was an Obstacle Avoidance nightmare where the smoothness of flight would have been impossible, even if the mode was set to Nifty.
—James Abbott, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Shinomiya’s sensibility — steeped in painterly craft and handmade ideosycracy, resistant to digital smoothness — lends the film a tactile quality that mirrors its thematic preoccupation with craftsmanship, ritual and reverence for the old ways.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Remember that smoothness is not insight and eloquence is not evidence of understanding.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
That model was unlike anything else on the market at the time, with separate amplifier circuits for cleaner separation in each channel, and a vacuum tube preamp stage for analog smoothness and warmth – sort of emulating an audiophile's full system setup.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
Finally, don’t rinse—simply leave the product in your hair and reap the benefits of smoothness, hydration, and lightness.
—Claire West, Parents, 17 Feb. 2026
The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
Those are big shoes to fill, but Mero has stepped into them with his customary smoothness, quickly injecting a millennial POV into the airwaves alongside co-hosts Shani Kulture, Miabelle, Kazeem Famuyide, and DJ Kast One.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
This was an Obstacle Avoidance nightmare where the smoothness of flight would have been impossible, even if the mode was set to Nifty.
—James Abbott, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Shinomiya’s sensibility — steeped in painterly craft and handmade ideosycracy, resistant to digital smoothness — lends the film a tactile quality that mirrors its thematic preoccupation with craftsmanship, ritual and reverence for the old ways.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Remember that smoothness is not insight and eloquence is not evidence of understanding.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
That model was unlike anything else on the market at the time, with separate amplifier circuits for cleaner separation in each channel, and a vacuum tube preamp stage for analog smoothness and warmth – sort of emulating an audiophile's full system setup.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
Finally, don’t rinse—simply leave the product in your hair and reap the benefits of smoothness, hydration, and lightness.
—Claire West, Parents, 17 Feb. 2026
The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
Those are big shoes to fill, but Mero has stepped into them with his customary smoothness, quickly injecting a millennial POV into the airwaves alongside co-hosts Shani Kulture, Miabelle, Kazeem Famuyide, and DJ Kast One.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoothness
Noun
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Below, shop our nine favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness and hair loss, to dryness and dandruff.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
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Medium-full, with impressive concentration and excellent ripeness; there is a slight oiliness on the palate, along with very good acidity and significant persistence.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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No matter the role, that toughness was always there, a desire to push against the artificiality of acting to get at something true and lived-in within his characters.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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Like their future disciples in PC Music, Scritti Politti were giddy pop fans who approached the form as self-conscious outsiders, foregrounding its artificiality, pushing its bright colors to new extremes, aiming to make great pop records that also asked probing questions about what pop even is.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Instead, @AnthropicAI and its CEO @DarioAmodei, have chosen duplicity.—
Tina Nguyen,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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Premiering in 2004, Project Runway was instrumental in ushering in a new style of reality competition based on skill rather than duplicity and cynicism.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Smoothness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoothness. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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