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Recent Examples of tackiness
While specific ingredients vary from formula to formula, nearly all lash glues contain acrylate copolymers that provide the tackiness that holds the lashes in place.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
That’s the level of soap-opera tackiness in the first Fault movie, which is most effective as a sort of Gossip Girl by way of the Fast & Furious movies.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Like gas station hats and sunglasses and just kind of the tackiness of like midwestern Goodwills.
—James Factora, Them, 6 Feb. 2025
Related article Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
That’s the level of soap-opera tackiness in the first Fault movie, which is most effective as a sort of Gossip Girl by way of the Fast & Furious movies.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Like gas station hats and sunglasses and just kind of the tackiness of like midwestern Goodwills.
—James Factora, Them, 6 Feb. 2025
Related article Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for tackiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tackiness
kitsch
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There’s no denying that the second-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am muscle car tipped the scale toward kitsch, adding flares, spoilers, and a set of cringeworthy decals—available as of 1973 as a $55 option—to an otherwise respectable design.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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The vibe here is decidedly kitsch and camp, in the best way possible.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
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“Tackiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tackiness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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