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Recent Examples of oleaginous One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them. David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess. Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 The interludes make for juicy lampoons of that unfortunate Western export, oleaginous showbiz faux-intimacy. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 The French state is represented effectively here by oleaginous High Commissioner De Roller (Magimel), a European long based in Tahiti. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 After tapping the oleaginous Gaetz, Biden said that crude from the Florida congressman could start flowing throughout the United States by the end of the week. Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021 The same goes for the oleaginous Uriah Heep (Ben Whishaw), the legal clerk who can worm into people’s brains, as if into their guts, with his show of humility. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2020 And there is the womanizing Mr. Mantalini, whose gift for oleaginous flattery always persuades his long-suffering wife to take him back. Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020 Eggplant sponges up so much olive oil in the traditional caponata recipe that the end result often is a caponata that is cloyingly oleaginous. Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oleaginous
Adjective
  • If that’s not enough to grab your attention, the serum is also dermatologist-tested and suitable for all skin types, including dry, sensitive, combination, and oily skin.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Designed to remove peach fuzz and help the skin absorb oils, serums, and moisturizers, the wee tool—clocking in at just under six inches—can also help balance an oily complexion.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Those suspects include the bartender (Gabrielle Ryan), a sad sack of a man on a blind date (Reed Diamond), an imperious hostess (Sarah McCormack), and an unctuous, boozy piano player (Ed Weeks).
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The maguey imparts a subtly vegetal flavor, and cooks reserve just enough fat so that each bite of meat is unctuous.
    Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The disconnect between the reality that many people are currently experiencing hunger, in part because of climate change, and this fancy dinner was sickening.
    The Dial, The Dial, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The ceaselessly rolling, jolting boat was sickening to him, too.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Stalin willed into being socialist realism, a hagiographic style that crept into art forms like music and painting.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This is the same notion that makes this more of a hagiographic portrait than a truly thoughtful biographical film.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Some of the most abundant antioxidants in coffee are called polyphenols and chlorogenic acids.5 Acts as a natural stimulant: Caffeine blocks the activity of adenosine, a brain chemical that promotes relaxation and sleepiness.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Glutamate is an abundant chemical messenger that has a substantial influence on brain-cell functions, including the learning and retention of information and short- and long-term memory.
    Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024

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“Oleaginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oleaginous. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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