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Recent Examples of feather
Noun
The rapper wore a sequined tiger print gown courtesy of Roberto Cavalli’s spring 2025 collection, which featured allover ornate beading and voluminous feathers on the skirt. Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025 This included insulating structures like hair—or feathers. Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
Two opposition party presidential candidates, working in tandem with an ever-supine propaganda media, tarred and feathered him as a historical threat to the Constitution—as a crypto-Nazi who, if once again given the reins of power, might really burn it all down. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Read: What Trump got right about national security But many of the outsiders and iconoclasts Trump has nominated for top posts have questionable qualifications, and his pledge to purge the civil service and military in order to feather both with loyalists who will do his bidding goes too far. Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feather
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feather
Noun
  • A lot of us remember the heyday and watching them and everyone likes a redemption story of some kind.
    Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Nearby, reams of pink fabric, the exact kind used for the artwork, pools in a section on the floor.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As for the rest of her attire, Queen Letizia continued the black accessories motif.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The [Bit of attire supposedly named for its original bright red cloth] here is a BLAZER, which was first called that in the late 1800s.
    Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So something to the spirit of that is really speaking to me.
    David Kinne, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • However nebulous, these extravagant plans signal a spirit of collaboration.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • First, an explanation of the underlying poling data, which Franklin pulled together for this story.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Years of poling clients to victory in his skiff kept his schedule booked nearly every day with anglers wanting to catch one of the Keys’ cherished sportfish — bonefish, permit or tarpon.
    Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 24 May 2023
  • Introduce the color in small doses: a throw on the couch, ribbon on a wreath, trim around a lampshade, or even gift wrap on the packages.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • The sky blue color on the Adidas logo, the bottom of the Whitecaps logo and stripes throughout the jersey stand out.
    Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Rocky, 36, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, wore a gray blazer with thin blue stripes and a trench coat over the top of his ensemble.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The classic example would be a man impersonating an identical twin to sleep with his wife or, as in the infamous Revenge of the Nerds scene, stealing a jock’s mask during a costume party and sleeping with his girlfriend.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • For the second part of the performance, Smith did a costume change.
    Mikelle Street, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Continuous megawatt power millimeter-waves can also be efficiently (>90 percent) guided to great distances (>10 km) using a variety of modes and waveguide (pipes) systems, including the potential of using smooth bore coiled and jointed/ joined tubing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Both the rear- and front-facing cameras feature night and portrait modes.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025

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“Feather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feather. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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