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Recent Examples of trashy The logo is for Hayu (pronounced like hey you), a streaming service where people outside the U.S. can watch trashy American reality shows. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 July 2025 My teenagers coped their way—sleeping late, scrolling phones, binge-watching trashy reality shows. Debbie Koristz, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025 On the surface, this may sound like a nice, trashy little diversion. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025 But picture-perfect Simone is completely embarrassed to see her trashy sister. Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for trashy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trashy
Adjective
  • The campaign slammed her words and accusations as inappropriate and untrue.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There were a small number of other inappropriate language complaints and of him being in a state of undress.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Multiverse’s argument that compressed models significantly cut energy use might also not hold up over time, because cheaper, more accessible AI models will likely attract billions more users.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The judge While Royal Caribbean’s attorney dispute the rebuttal, the matter now falls to Judge Shaw-Wlider, who will make a ruling that will be closely watched and could have important consequences, especially in a digital age when cameras are smaller and cheaper.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This culture is incredibly cruel, and things have gotten really obscene.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 2009, former Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was fined $250,000 for making an obscene gesture toward a Buffalo Bills fan.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When Swift mentioned her own fears about AI, her statement had nothing to do with climate destruction, copyright infringement, tacky aesthetics, or any other conventional complaints about the technology.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • When Jean arrived with Wole, before the sun was high-hot, Kelly was already there, sitting tacky under Mickey Martinez’s arm, inside his red F-150, the boat hitched behind.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Midler and Hawn co-starred alongside Keaton in 1996’s The First Wives Club, with the stars portraying divorcées who wonderfully, wickedly take revenge on their terrible former spouses.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In the 1970s, when game replays of both programs aired late Saturday nights on public television in Dubuque, Iowa and Wisconsin were equally terrible, and the city was fertile ground for whichever program got off the mat.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • A day before a shooter killed four people and set fire to a church in Michigan, students at a football game in Colorado chanted vulgar anti-Mormon slurs against the same religious organization.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Colorado has condemned a vulgar chant its fans directed at BYU during its football team’s 24-21 loss Saturday at Folsom Field.
    David Ubben, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Financial promotion rules prevent inappropriate marketing to unsuitable investors.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • According to a study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment in 2024, up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could become unsuitable for growing grapes if global temperatures rise by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
    Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • My adolescent cells floated away from poor me and traded places with his.
    Betty Gilpin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Women disproportionately suffer chronic disease, on average spend 25% more time in poor health than men, and, on average, experience the final 12 to 14 years of their lives in frail health.
    Maria Shriver, Time, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Trashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trashy. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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