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Recent Examples of massy
While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.
—Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.
—Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massy
Adjective
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Hair rollers are a nod to the ’90s, when voluminous, bouncy curls à la Cindy Crawford reigned supreme.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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Designed in a sumptuous turquoise hue, the dress features off-the-shoulder puff sleeves, an empire waist, and a dramatic train—all rendered in voluminous, sweeping silk taffeta fabric that speaks to the mastery of the Valentino atelier.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Under current permit rules, sheds, typically erected for building facade repairs, can be up for a full year with the possibility of extensions, a timeline that often results in the bulky structures blocking sidewalks for lengthy periods.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Baleine Clothing Storage Bag 2-Pack If a closet cleanout is on your to-do list this spring, grab these popular storage bags to securely stow winter sweaters and bulky coats until next year.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For a movie whose chief anthem is an advertisement for the joys of defying gravity, Wicked is surprisingly leaden, with a promise of more of the same to come.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
20 Nov. 2024
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Sources of support Back at the Denny’s parking lot, the sky had turned leaden gray, and Mckenzie bummed a cigarette from her best friend, Christina Bojorquez.—
Gale Holland,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 July 2022
Adjective
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But despite the outsize interest in Williams and Wilmore’s mission, a number of astronauts have had their stays in space extended without warning.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Knowing how to create the perfect sleep environment will have an outsize effect on your general wellbeing as well.—
Miranda Silva,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The elephantine dance is constant: Each load is dumped, pushed, and dropped into a pit immense enough to hold 15,000 tons of waste (more than the city’s entire daily output).—
Curbed,
Curbed,
12 Aug. 2022
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Any attempt to resurrect the mammoth faces an elephantine gauntlet of challenges, including the DNA-shattering effects of frost and time, and the rather unhelpful reproductive tract of the eventual surrogate parent—the elephant.—
Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
6 June 2012
Adjective
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Talking about reining in burdensome regulations, and that may be completely genuine.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Catch up quick: Carr has long criticized the FCC's burdensome regulations and argued many of them are outdated, especially ones around station ownership limits.—
Tim Baysinger,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
23 May 2023
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Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.—
Bob Holmes,
Discover Magazine,
21 May 2018
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“Massy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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