soft-core

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Recent Examples of soft-core The selection will open with a pre-festival screening of Tinto Brass’ soft-core thriller Col Cuore in Gola (Deadly Sweet) (1967). — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026 All as much fans of soft-core nineties femme fatale films as experimental cinema. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 For individuals, soft-core KPIs might include the employee’s personal brand reputation, visibility on professional platforms or involvement in external community projects. — Filomena Di Luise, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 The film felt like a dispatch from a cinematic world that no longer existed — streamed quietly into a culture now fluent in soft-core stylization but less interested in its emotional stakes. — arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025 This is the character most relatable to the man who founded a media company whose sole purpose was to manipulate women into taking their tops off and engage in soft-core pornography on camera and cut them out of the earnings. — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024 Ranking Coppola’s 23 features — his 1962 soft-core Tonight for Sure is not included, nor is his misbegotten New York Stories short feature or the Disney attraction Captain EO — was a difficult proposition. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 The agencies that dole out state money to public charger companies — the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission — have taken a soft-core approach to holding the companies responsible. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024 Their intercourse isn’t soft-core like Bound but features Marian’s shy, sly, self-consciousness. — Armond White, National Review, 31 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-core
  1. hard-core
  2. pornographic
  3. erotic
  4. adult
  5. sexy
  6. mature
  7. X-rated
Adjective
  • After reports of a lousy atmosphere during Argentina’s narrow victory over Egypt, in the round of sixteen, there were rumors that hundreds of hard-core supporters had been flown to Atlanta, to pep things up in the stadium.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The even more hard-core version of the supercar would make its debut in 1995 and take the overall checkered flag at that year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 July 2026
Definition of hard-core
Adjective
  • Last year, the Supreme Court upheld a different Texas law requiring that pornographic websites verify users are at least 18 to allow access.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Last year, the court upheld a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify users' ages.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of pornographic
Adjective
  • But, in a touch that dovetails delightfully with the novel’s topical subjects, the erotic specifics are almost entirely blurred out.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • However, that path could lead him away from the brand of expositions on erotic pleasures that sustain his fame and, more important, his fortune.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Definition of erotic
Adjective
  • While on the ground, the eagle was seen in a fight with two sub-adult eagles, according to the nonprofit.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • The encounter is rare because the vast majority of sub-adult and adult sharks end up at Cape Cod, Dodd said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of adult
Adjective
  • Rooftops and Nightcaps Then Merchant & Trade rises above the skyline with the kind of rooftop view that makes people instinctively reach for their phones to capture a few sexy shots before throwing one back.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • The suit is simple and a bit sexier than other one-piece suits, with a scoop-neck front and high-cut legs.
    — Alexandra Malmed, InStyle, 16 July 2026
Definition of sexy
Adjective
  • From the street, only glimpses of hand-cut sandstone and a low jade-green roof emerge behind mature gardens.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Yes, even these guys are obviously mature for their ages, there’s a pretty significant difference just in terms of frame, body weight.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of mature
Adjective
  • The content of its productions has included legitimate theater, vaudeville, burlesque, striptease, movies (many X-rated), classical music and jazz as well as occasional forays into boxing, bodybuilding and politics.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
  • For the first seven years of the rating system (1969-1975), nearly half of the top films (33 of 70) were R- or X-rated.
    — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
Definition of X-rated

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