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Recent Examples of tackiness
From the challenges to the judges to the elaborate kitchen set, this show isn’t afraid of risking tackiness in the name of a theme.
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Material Many golf club grips incorporate some form of rubber because of its tackiness and ability to hold up in all weather conditions.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 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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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Material Many golf club grips incorporate some form of rubber because of its tackiness and ability to hold up in all weather conditions.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tackiness
Noun
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At the time, the Czech capital still held traces of Kafka’s era; now, Prague serves almost like a shrine to the author, with an official museum and several monuments around town, which range from iconic to kitsch in her view.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Lawrence elevated the most basic ballet flats by doubling down on millennial kitsch, opting for a stiff gold bangle on one foot and two mismatched ankle chains on the other.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
21 Aug. 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter has been accused of insensitivity after a lyric in her new album referenced wishing agoraphobia upon someone.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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In an era where automation underpins everything from customer service to internal HR processes, the line between efficiency and insensitivity has never been thinner.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Tackiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tackiness. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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