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Recent Examples of tinselly
The precocious designer became a supernova thanks to continuous toil in a tinselly milieu that prizes leisure and luxury.
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Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinselly
Adjective
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That team was as garish and chaotic as any other Mets squad, albeit much more talented than most.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Most paper traps are a bright shade of yellow, especially garish against a more neutral background.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Not everyone wants a stark, futuristic space box drowning in gaudy RGB lighting.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The power numbers haven’t been gaudy for either, but the core infielders are hitting the ball hard.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Movie marketers have long used Cannes as an opportunity to associate their projects with the glamour of the annual event — even if their stunts are loud and elaborate (occasionally bordering on tacky).—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Long been derided as tacky, commercial non-art, sitcoms with background laughter over the years have been condemned as a dystopian form of joke mind control.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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There are a lot of posts about lurid revelations from the Diddy trial, which is happening concurrently.—
M. J. Corey,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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These hearings took place against the backdrop of the Watergate scandal, which included lurid revelations about the Nixon administration’s effort to weaponize the IRS.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Weisz has the showy lead role (Kim Stanley, who played the same part decades ago, got an Oscar nomination for her efforts).—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Bohemian Rhapsody might have been god-awful, but the role of Freddie Mercury was as singular as it was showy — that of an icon who demanded a place for himself in the spotlight through sheer talent and force of will.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The tawdry soap is the favorite show consumed by the titular trash-TV-loving security robot, Murderbot (Alexander Skarsgård).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Though the central bank’s partisans will claim in breathy tones that the Fed’s thinking and decisions aren’t compromised by the tawdry politics that so many associate with Washington, the reality is quite different.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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These meretricious narratives play well throughout the Global South.—
Michael Miklaucic,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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These meretricious narratives play well throughout the Global South.—
Michael Miklaucic,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But tasteless fruit, likely results from a lack of nitrogen and phosphorous in the soil.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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The tree secretes gum arabic—a tasteless, nontoxic, pale-white or orange-brown sap that may be harvested at the end of the rainy season in sub-Saharan Africa.—
Erik Zou,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Tinselly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinselly. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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