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as in gauzy
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
filmy cobwebs covering the entryway to the cellar
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
those filmy curtains don't block out enough light
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Recent Examples of filmy
Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire — now filmy from all the tears — but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
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Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire - now filmy from all the tears - but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
—Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
Big, billowing summer clouds shared the skies with filmy tissues of faint white.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
This moisturizer has all the hydrating power of the classic Creme de la Mer but is way more lightweight and sinks into your skin almost instantly and leaves no filmy feeling whatsoever.
—Garrett Munce, townandcountrymag.com, 5 May 2023
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Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire - now filmy from all the tears - but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
—Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
Big, billowing summer clouds shared the skies with filmy tissues of faint white.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
This moisturizer has all the hydrating power of the classic Creme de la Mer but is way more lightweight and sinks into your skin almost instantly and leaves no filmy feeling whatsoever.
—Garrett Munce, townandcountrymag.com, 5 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filmy
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Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons.Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
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Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
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These challenges stem primarily from the sheer volume and variability of data required to maintain effective defenses.Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The sheer volume of socializing at this time of year also offers you ample opportunity to have some sort of romantic liaison under the mistletoe.Olivia Petter, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
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Amidst plenty of frothy fun, Bloom also offers readers a touching missive on embracing one’s true identity and owning one’s power.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The foray into e-commerce marks an evolution for a platform that had been known primarily as a place to endlessly scroll through frothy short-form videos.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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At the Meta Connect developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses.Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
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As a next step, the industry must require mandatory, transparent transition plans aligned with specialized frameworks like the UN's Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero.Mindy Lubber, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer-thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world.Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 7 May 2020
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
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The delicate, detailed little top that stops at the ribcage gives enough grace and space for the billowing bottom half, with sheer panels and dramatic, diaphanous cuffs.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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As the head of a tech company, Kidman affects an office version of the high femme with diaphanous blouses and soft updos.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Most of Gaza’s civilians have been forced by fighting and by Israeli orders to relocate from their homes into flimsy tent camps or overcrowded schools and mosques that are never safe from bombing.Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
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Existing antitrust rules were theoretically powerful, their theory went, yet decades of lax enforcement and unfavorable case law left courts and enforcers with flimsy tools for keeping the industry in check.Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sauté for three to five minutes or until the onions turn translucent.Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
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The city told the team that replacing the Trop’s translucent fiberglass roof, along with other repairs throughout the stadium from water and wind damage, would cost $55.7 million.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Filmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filmy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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