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There are several Latin American influences, too, such as the lighter-than-air Tres Leches cake and the tiger prawns yello anticucho.
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Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The lighter-than-air craft then edges toward the road and strikes the power line, causing several electrical sparks to fly.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
Green infrastructure development: My focus will be on fostering business-friendly green infrastructure, including sustainable communities and eco-friendly transportation like lighter-than-air technologies, rail and e-bikes to minimize carbon emissions.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
But the future of this critical, lighter-than-air element is certainly in flux, Saha said, and the medical world is watching closely.
—Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
While there are a few lighter-than-air contenders, all eyes are on LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1, which will begin test flights this year.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Now, using data from the satellite data company BlackSky, researchers have confirmed that China is fielding lighter-than-air vehicles at the facility.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 1 May 2023
His lighter-than-air vocals are ideally suited to compositions that are sometimes romantic, other times whimsical and even quirky.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
Some zeroed in on an enormous hangar in a remote part of Xinjiang, which looked like the infrastructure needed to deploy some kind of lighter-than-air vehicle.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 1 May 2023
Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The lighter-than-air craft then edges toward the road and strikes the power line, causing several electrical sparks to fly.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
Green infrastructure development: My focus will be on fostering business-friendly green infrastructure, including sustainable communities and eco-friendly transportation like lighter-than-air technologies, rail and e-bikes to minimize carbon emissions.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
But the future of this critical, lighter-than-air element is certainly in flux, Saha said, and the medical world is watching closely.
—Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
While there are a few lighter-than-air contenders, all eyes are on LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1, which will begin test flights this year.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Now, using data from the satellite data company BlackSky, researchers have confirmed that China is fielding lighter-than-air vehicles at the facility.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 1 May 2023
His lighter-than-air vocals are ideally suited to compositions that are sometimes romantic, other times whimsical and even quirky.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
Some zeroed in on an enormous hangar in a remote part of Xinjiang, which looked like the infrastructure needed to deploy some kind of lighter-than-air vehicle.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 1 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighter-than-air
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This weightless mist locks in your makeup, including glitter eyeshadow, for up to 16 hours.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Republicans spoke and moved with the weightless optimism of young lovers meeting in a summer town, or junkies who have finally scored.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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These slip-ons offer a flexible, lightweight construction that instantly forms to the foot, ensuring a pain-free, confident stride.Trina Gray, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Feed some ties through pegboard holes to hang lightweight buckets or baskets to keep tiny tools and small workshop supplies organized (including excess zip ties!).Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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But the suspense is half-hearted, and the picture’s vaporous approach to incident remains.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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By the 13th century, cloud had shifted to specifically refer to the visible, vaporous masses in the atmosphere.Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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But noise aside, the signal underneath contains more cause for worry than a buoyant September report four weeks ago.Axios, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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At midnight, the designer himself arrived to buoyant fanfare and triumphant applause.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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Salads Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
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From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
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Within that rarefied subset, only a handful were RS variants.Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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And he’s joined an operation that’s in rarefied air — as one of only four companies in the U.S. with an operational orbital rocket — with growing spacecraft and lunar lander product lines.Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Then came Quan’s moving ballet, Beneath the Tides, set to Concert No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns, with House of Gilles’s stunning costumes: waist-cinching corsets with nothing beneath for the men and diaphanous midi dresses with flowing skirts for the women.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Saying something freshly substantive about female desire while honoring the film’s defining spirit of vapid, diaphanous horniness is a tricky, potentially unworkable brief.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
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If those arguments appear insubstantial, the jury verdict and injunction should stand.Alden Abbott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Not insubstantial, but easily affordable for Tepper, who’s worth roughly $20 billion.Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
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“Lighter-than-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighter-than-air. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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