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as in smoothness
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as in suaveness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unctuousness
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The most straightforward way to account for this preternatural smoothness is a period of inflation that provides time for the baby universe to reach a uniform temperature.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Extra Smooth Sensitive Women’s Razor is uniquely designed for women with even the most sensitive skin, delivering up to 30 days of long-lasting smoothness.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Medium-full, with impressive concentration and excellent ripeness; there is a slight oiliness on the palate, along with very good acidity and significant persistence.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Below, shop our 13 favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness to hair loss.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In Otsuki’s collection, elements of the Japanese salaryman mixed with the urbanity of Gere’s Julian Kay create a compelling blend of references that ultimately play to each designer’s strength.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The car embraces elegance without compromising on performance philosophy.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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The house’s signature elegance has been woven into the styles, too, with the quartet showcasing classic silhouettes, subtle hues, and timeless materials that create a quiet luxury feel.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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Instead, through the course of this play, the artificiality of 19th-century marital courting and the exaggerated heroism of war are gradually stripped away, allowing the characters’ true voices, true callings and true partners to eventually emerge.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Judith Martin's Miss Manners column has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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This Is the Way to Tea Party From setting the table to greeting guests, Cece teaches her friends how to use their best manners while enjoying a tea party.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
2 Jan. 2026
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The values Homer elevated, especially those of male honor and female duplicity, established parameters for the war story (and not only the war story) for centuries to come.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan publicly denounced Soviet duplicity.—
Time,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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The 6-year-old sloth bear’s pregnancy occurred after a breeding recommendation from the Species Survival Plan.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Club members participate in a variety of projects, including poultry breeding and marketing, arts and crafts, photography, sheep breeding, dairy goat projects and more.—
Tracy Trobridge,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Unctuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unctuousness. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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