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Recent Examples of gestural
Lavish layering of fluid, gestural brushstrokes executed in a variegated array of inimitable colors immediately captured and captivated my gaze.
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
To test the fully gestural navigation, enable them in system settings.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2019
The vast majority of gestural interactions (83 percent) involved a two-part exchange of gesture for gesture.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The show credits a movement director (Didi Hopkins), but even so, there’s something a shade too automatic, too clumsily literal in Izzard’s gestural vocabulary.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
To test the fully gestural navigation, enable them in system settings.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2019
The vast majority of gestural interactions (83 percent) involved a two-part exchange of gesture for gesture.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The show credits a movement director (Didi Hopkins), but even so, there’s something a shade too automatic, too clumsily literal in Izzard’s gestural vocabulary.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
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While Wallace and Gromit boast fluid and highly expressive movement, Norbot was quite the opposite.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Right now, that’s Day, a bold, loud and expressive performer who steals the show in supporting roles and creates characters that stay just on the safe side of annoying.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This can include ensuring that data is properly backed up, mobile devices are safe and sensitive data is password protected.—
Jamie Akhtar,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The iPhone 16e also supports Wi-Fi 6 with 2x2 MIMO), Bluetooth 5.3, and NFC radio for tap-and-go mobile payments, and Express Cards with power reserve.—
Eric Zeman,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The play-caller can also use Williams as a movable chess piece with exotic pre-snap looks, especially on passing downs.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Jan. 2025
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Denver’s movable contracts were limited, in part because of multiple unsuccessful attempts to secure the very frontcourt depth Booth is determined to obtain.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One of her most moving posts was her recent follow-up with John Hopkins, longtime owner of Altadena’s O Happy Days vegan cafe and natural food store, who lost his home and store in the Eaton fire.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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For me, the deepest resonance has to do with appreciating whales and dolphins as sentient beings, as creatures that share the planet with us, and that’s still a very moving idea.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, the reduction in hormones and testes size only decreased the cichlids’ amount of motile sperm.—
Joseph Castro,
Discover Magazine,
19 July 2011
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Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
21 June 2021
Adjective
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Whether Butler, a big personality, would fit into a locker room with Curry and the demonstrative Draymond Green as leaders also remains to be seen, and could be part of why Golden State would hesitate to commit to an extension.—
Michael Nowels,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Like a vocal, demonstrative floor general who has the coaching staff’s utmost trust.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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