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Recent Examples of vaporous
Preminger, ever the maximalist, went in the opposite direction with Sagan’s vaporous narrative.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 May 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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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 May 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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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
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Instead of a bulky, heavy pea coat or trench coat, having a down coat in your carry-on is practically weightless.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Middle-income Americans, earning between $50,000 and $100,000, were tracking the buoyant sentiments of high earners through most of the year.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sales have remained buoyant, and the entire lot has sold well into the millions copies, according to insiders.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 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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The lightweight and compact kit is easy to bring along while traveling or tuck away in a closet at home.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Looking for a lightweight laptop that won’t blow your budget?—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 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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Designers leaned into transparency, with diaphanous layers that revealed and concealed in equal measure.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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The post was accompanied by a new video for the song, in which Cyrus wears a gauzy white headdress and matching diaphanous, flowing gown, as well as a black dress matched with a sparkling black mask.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Most critically, the movement now had a strong ally in the most rarefied halls of power.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Welcome to The Bridge, the more rarefied and invitation-only celebration of the automobile as art.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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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 4 Oct. 2025.
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