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Recent Examples of swirly
Each nail features a different swirly design complete with that signature crisp French smile line.
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Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
6 Mar. 2026
Try a dark green nail polish for a sophisticated vibe, or command more attention with an emerald cat eye or swirly matcha set.
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Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Mar. 2026
Whereas water molecules move together to form a swirly, coherent substance, electrons tend to fly past one another.
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Quanta Magazine,
11 Feb. 2026
The swirly fins carved into the exterior of the base chamber nearly double the area with which the flame has to make contact, offering a 93-percent increase in surface area overall.
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New Atlas,
18 Dec. 2025
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Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
6 Mar. 2026
Try a dark green nail polish for a sophisticated vibe, or command more attention with an emerald cat eye or swirly matcha set.
—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Mar. 2026
Whereas water molecules move together to form a swirly, coherent substance, electrons tend to fly past one another.
—
Quanta Magazine,
11 Feb. 2026
The swirly fins carved into the exterior of the base chamber nearly double the area with which the flame has to make contact, offering a 93-percent increase in surface area overall.
—
New Atlas,
18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirly
Adjective
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Wipe in circular motions with a lint-free microfiber cloth to loosen grime, then finish with long, horizontal swipes.
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The circular logic of it would be darkly comic if tens of thousands of livelihoods weren't caught in the middle.
Adjective
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Dyson’s 2018 debut, the Airwrap, was a hair tool like no other—curling, smoothing, drying, and detangling without direct heat.
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Today brings preliminary matches for women’s ice hockey, qualification runs for men’s big-air snowboarding, and, of course, more curling, which is the only sport industrious enough to have events every day through the Olympics.
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“Swirly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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