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as in transparent
very thin and easy to see through
we had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains
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as in utter
having no exceptions or restrictions
survivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror
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as in steep
having an incline approaching the perpendicular
the sheer slopes of the ravine
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as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog
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Recent Examples of sheer
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Someone should alert the Thai government that their airport security is seriously lacking, judging by the sheer amount of weaponry, including guns, knives, and even a chainsaw, that the assassins have managed to spirit onto the plane.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
John Fabiano was documenting the working dogs of the country and visited a wool farm during sheering season.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Cyrus released the single alongside a black-and-white video that sways from footage of the singer dripping in crystals to wearing a long, classic dress and toward the end, wearing a somber black coat with sheer fabric covering her face.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Someone should alert the Thai government that their airport security is seriously lacking, judging by the sheer amount of weaponry, including guns, knives, and even a chainsaw, that the assassins have managed to spirit onto the plane.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
Verb
Decades of despair to sheer delight for Commanders fans: The Washington Commanders will be playing in the NFC championship game next Sunday, one game away from the Super Bowl.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
John Fabiano was documenting the working dogs of the country and visited a wool farm during sheering season.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheer
Adjective
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To paraphrase Bochner, the thesaurus is not transparent.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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One downside of selling physical gold is traditionally high trading costs — and those costs are typically not transparent, Kristof said.—
Jessica Dickler,Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With utter naturalism, Kulumbegashvili and her star dramatize a cruel, sexist reality that’s as unescapable as that inexplicable creature that repeatedly invades the story, its faceless presence a chilling, surreal metaphor for a society preying on Nina and her patients.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Baffert had long operated under a cloud of suspicion inside and outside of racing, thanks in part to his larger-than-life public persona and his utter domination of the competition on the racetrack – not to mention a series of other petty drug infractions in big races leading up to the 2021 Derby.—
Katie Bo Lillis,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health would all face steep reductions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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In some older buildings, condo owners are being asked to pay steep special assessments that threaten to force some people out of their homes.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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Related Articles While not completely deviating from his wartime attire, Zelensky partially adhered to the Vatican’s dress code for the somber occasion.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2025
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With all your company’s data and operations in a unified platform, your team can monitor patterns and identify incidents that deviate from the norm.—
Bek Abdullayev,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After passengers swim in the ocean, the boat tours the coast, veering close to the jagged cliffs, sea caves, and waterfalls. 10.—
Rachel Ng,
AFAR Media,
7 May 2025
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The Post screams on, and—by the evidence of our last national election, in which almost every demographic in the city veered right, toward Donald Trump, whose profile was created, in part, in Murdoch’s pages—New York keeps hearing it out.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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The face sunscreen can be used under makeup as a face primer, over makeup as a finishing step, or on its own for a translucent matte finish.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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If shimmer’s not your vibe, opt for the translucent Clear Glass shade, or for a tad of twinkle, reach for the rosy-gold Glassy Pink Opal.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2025
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The spacesuits used for spacewalks are filled with oxygen and the astronauts breathe in pure oxygen for several hours to get rid of nitrogen in their bodies.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Foster Carling House While Remick may be fumbling his Hollywood comeback, his home is pure architectural triumph.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2025
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The two nuclear-armed rivals have fought three wars over the mountainous territory that is divided by a de-facto border called the Line of Control.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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So Cordero set out to make a video game about it from the perspective of a child in Quito, Ecuador’s mountainous capital.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Sheer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheer. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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