pornographic

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Adjective
  • Why 'Shrinking' Is a Parents-Only Watch The themes, relationships, and conversations in this show are primarily adult in nature.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The next decades will witness, for the first time, the full impact of one-child families on adult Chinese society.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012
Adjective
  • Taken by the apparent deterioration of his health, users made those clips go viral and eventually adapted the money spread into a mini-dance trend where users bop to the song before flaunting an obscene amount of cash (or weed baggies or fishing lures!).
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But there are more visible and indecent »Paris Game« leftovers: the enormous/obscene sportsbook ads on display at every other métro station.
    Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Connections like that maintain the film’s low boil of erotic intrigue.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Once an enfant terrible, Emin was known during the ’90s for sculptures and performances that explored the emotional toll of erotic encounters.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, authorities also sidelined activities like sumo wrestling—considered vulgar by Westerners—in favor of baseball, boating, mountain climbing, and other activities popular in the West.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Nembhard was ejected later in overtime for using vulgar language towards an official twice.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are five players the Vikings should target: Will Fries, guard Not the sexiest name out there by any means, Fries might be the best interior offensive lineman available.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The man who portrays The Rookie character is, of course, Eric Winter, whom readers voted as the sexiest TV cop.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With one out and a runner on first, Alves read the ball and sprinted from his position at third base for a diving catch in foul territory for the second out.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The play occurred in the sixth inning when the ball was hit into foul territory.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Its Monday grosses topped its Saturday receipts — unusual for any film and suggestive of the idea that the release is gaining strength.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The results were suggestive but silly—streetwear for Wallace and Gromit.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Pornographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pornographic. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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