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Recent Examples of vaporous
On the eyes, shadows come in shades of caramel, bronze, and smoky brown, applied in a halo across the lid to create a vaporous color.
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Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Many tracks amount to a quirky beat and a few seconds of vaporous rapping.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Wrought from a bevy of synths and pedals manipulated live in her London studio and mastered by Telefon Tel Aviv, Whatever the Weather II presents a song cycle themed around different temperatures, smudging tactile and vaporous sounds into an alluring collage.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
These sharp, bracing periods are too infrequent, though, and the back half of the album drifts into a kind of vaporous dream state that verges on self-indulgent.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Many tracks amount to a quirky beat and a few seconds of vaporous rapping.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Wrought from a bevy of synths and pedals manipulated live in her London studio and mastered by Telefon Tel Aviv, Whatever the Weather II presents a song cycle themed around different temperatures, smudging tactile and vaporous sounds into an alluring collage.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
These sharp, bracing periods are too infrequent, though, and the back half of the album drifts into a kind of vaporous dream state that verges on self-indulgent.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporous
Adjective
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And with its weightless gel texture, its the perfect way to prep the eyes before makeup.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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Capture Bag Demo — Fincke also installed the TransAstra Fly Trap Capture Bag Demo into the NanoRacks Bishop airlock, ahead of tests to show its capability to remain open, close and stay airtight in the weightless environment of space.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past few years, Teasdale has grown to embrace the slow mornings and simple comforts that come with being a homebody, and Moisturizer, Wet Leg’s bright, celestial second album, captures small-hours moments, sofa snogs and falling into the buoyant daze of doing nothing all day.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The trailer for Roofman makes the movie look like a buoyant romantic comedy, and that’s more than halfway accurate.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet for all its craft, the film remains airy and unsubstantial, never quite rising to the full potential of its premise.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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The hit isn’t unsubstantial: In 2024, textile exports to the United States accounted for 10.7 percent of China’s total textile exports, valued at $14.8 billion, and 22.7 percent of China’s total apparel exports, or $36.1 billion’s worth.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
5 May 2025
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Striped shirting fabric was twisted and the lightweight cotton set an airy tone, while thick, low-slung belts reinforced the Y2K feel.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Goodful’s All-In-One Pot features a thoughtful design, spacious capacity, and lightweight construction that impressively delivers the performance of popular cookware nearly five times the cost—without the high price tag.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The tragic Hindenburg disaster of 1937, which resulted in the death of 36 people and effectively ended passenger airship travel, cast a long-lasting shadow over lighter-than-air technology.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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That all being said, if the claims are true, the relatively cheap cost and ease of manufacture of lighter-than-air drones could dramatically increase the chances of detecting stealth aircraft in flight.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Designers leaned into transparency, with diaphanous layers that revealed and concealed in equal measure.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To that end, the rarefied model is based off the 992-generation 911 GT3 R racer, the latter developed to compete in GT3-series competition, including its category in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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Of course, the reason Tranter is in that rarefied class is his knack for delivering hits.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Republican lawmakers and state attorneys general have challenged the basis of those recommendations, arguing that the evidence used to support them is insubstantial.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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Vague green claims won’t cut it anymore, as evidenced by a 2020 study from the European Commission, which found over half of environmental claims were insubstantial, misleading or unfounded.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
2 July 2025
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“Vaporous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporous. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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