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Recent Examples of windswept
Create to explore contrasting surfaces, the new Essence collection introduces two new textures inspired by windswept ocean fronts.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 May 2025
It was filmed on location in Ireland, making use of its gorgeous, windswept island coasts.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 21 May 2025
The windswept Scottish island Jura is another of the places where Peck gathered footage, to poignant effect.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Weiss rarely had cause to go the windswept surface.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 May 2025
It was filmed on location in Ireland, making use of its gorgeous, windswept island coasts.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 21 May 2025
The windswept Scottish island Jura is another of the places where Peck gathered footage, to poignant effect.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Weiss rarely had cause to go the windswept surface.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windswept
Adjective
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Along the dry shorelines, windblown dust contributes to harmful air pollution in low-income, predominantly Latino communities, where people suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses at high rates.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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In California, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an alert through 11:59 p.m. Friday for the Coachella Valley because of high levels of particle pollution from windblown dust.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Button it up and wear it as a top with wide-leg pants and toss it over a strappy maxi dress on breezy evenings.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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When temperatures rise, opt for this breezy mini shirtdress.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, others who attended this year’s California Democratic Party Convention dismissed any notion that the future of the Democratic Party is bleak.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
31 May 2025
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The early options on the GOP side are bleak: Neither Donalds nor Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife who’s said to be interested in succeeding him, is the moderate Florida so desperately needs now.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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But like Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), the perplexing production choices across the re-recordings largely buried the stormy emotion of the originals.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Is that fact or fiction? North Texas has seen its fair share of rain over the month, including a stormy Memorial Day with 2.15 inches recorded at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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President Donald Trump’s turbulent tariff policy is projected to cause a sharper slowdown in economic growth in the United States and around the world than previously expected, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) found in a Tuesday report.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
3 June 2025
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This turbulent phase will pass, leading to more peaceful times ahead.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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After inclement weather rained out Wednesday’s game, the Cardinals played their fifth doubleheader of the season Thursday at Busch Stadium.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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The launch window was delayed Tuesday, June 3, for the second time in a shift that NASA says will allow mission operators to avoid inclement weather and have more time to prepare the Dragon for launch.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windswept. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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