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as in gauzy
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing
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as in fluffy
resembling air in lightness
the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
didn't see the gossamer spider webs until the sun hit them just right
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as in froth
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Recent Examples of gossamer
Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.
—Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2017
This was Howe’s Newcastle; stationed high up the pitch, forcing errors, sprinting hard and blessed with Alexander Isak’s gossamer touches in attack.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Both would be coated with a gossamer-thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations—and thus their temperature.
—Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.
—Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
Noun
These gossamer sheets are automatically collected on strips of tape and arranged on silicon wafers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2017
This was Howe’s Newcastle; stationed high up the pitch, forcing errors, sprinting hard and blessed with Alexander Isak’s gossamer touches in attack.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossamer
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Keys starts by creating a smoky cat-eye with taupe eye shadow and a fluffy brush.—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
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To get the look, Hailey simply dusts the Fenty Beauty Diamond Bomb all over her lids with a fluffy blending brush.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Available in 20 shades, this reformulated take on the original Laura Mercier formula offers 16 hours of wear, with coverage that can be built up from sheer to light.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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Predictably, much has been made of the sheer scale of Trump’s Day One array, but, as ever, the devil lies in the details.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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This will serve as a propellant of risk appetites unless and until the froth boils over.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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These machines beat air into milk, or milk substitutes, to get that nice creamy froth.—
Jaina Grey,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The paper input tray and cartridge access door don’t feel flimsy or especially fragile, and the outer cabinet yields a satisfactory thunk sound when tapped with extra force.—
David English,
PCMAG,
20 Jan. 2025
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The other thing to note is that the plastic paddle felt a tad flimsy.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appétit,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This combination of financial advantages and a transparent, investor-friendly system makes the UAE’s Golden Visa program particularly attractive.—
Arash Jalili,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The conversation around money is undergoing a radical transformation, with many now demanding more transparent discussions about finances, recognizing that economic wellness is intrinsically linked to mental and physical health.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This winter is giving Minnesotans the worst of both worlds: frigid air without the fluff.—
Nick Halter,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Finding that without having to sift through a bunch of fluff is getting harder.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But, taking these study findings from here all the way down the drug development pipeline to where there’s a safe and effective new drug on the market is expected to take a long time and a not insubstantial amount of money.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2025
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With a not insubstantial piece of Mexico’s economy reliant on production stateside, a cessation of those inflows will logically impoverish a big number of those formerly sustained directly by remittances.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Gossamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossamer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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