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Recent Examples of Amazonian
According to Amazonian folklore, the area's male river dolphins are shapeshifters (encantade), transforming at night into handsome young men who seduce and impregnate human women.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Through interviews with the family, members of the Indigenous community and military search teams as well as elders from Colombia’s Amazonian communities, Forty Days in the Jungle recounts the story in the words of its complex young characters.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Yes, Tom gave an Amazonian tree frog a Japanese name, which explains an awful lot about Tom.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Manatees belong to the order Sirenia, which includes the Amazonian, African and West Indian manatee species.
—Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
Through interviews with the family, members of the Indigenous community and military search teams as well as elders from Colombia’s Amazonian communities, Forty Days in the Jungle recounts the story in the words of its complex young characters.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Yes, Tom gave an Amazonian tree frog a Japanese name, which explains an awful lot about Tom.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Manatees belong to the order Sirenia, which includes the Amazonian, African and West Indian manatee species.
—Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
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Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.—
Marilyn Stasio,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2022
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In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.—
Kerry Manders,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2020
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Courtesy of brand Scoop Low-Slung Wide-Leg Cargo Jeans $28 $15 Walmart Courtesy of brand Everlane Modern Trench Coat $268 Everlane Lean into luxury Edward Berthelot/Getty Images The best way to style cargo pants is by leaning into the hypermasculine vibe or going in the complete opposite direction.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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The displays of wealth and opulence, as well as the hypermasculine displays of sexuality.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Saxon has consistently bullied Lochlan, mocking his alleged virginity and trying to reshape him into a more aggressive, macho male image.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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Shōgun hulu Sons of Anarchy Years: 2008-2014 Length: 7 seasons, 92 episodes Creator: Kurt Sutter Kurt Sutter’s macho reimagining of Hamlet in the world of a California motorcycle gang often gets a bad rap as nothing more than macho posturing.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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In other words, rejected male fruit flies chug down alcohol as a strategy to get girls to like them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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The moment inducted Isaacs into the franchise's ever-growing club of male full-frontal scenes played for laughs, joining his onscreen son Patrick Schwarzenegger, season 2's Theo James, and season 1's Steve Zahn.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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