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Recent Examples of puffy
He was last seen wearing a blue puffy jacket over a white hooded sweatshirt and tan Nike sweatpants.
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Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 10 Mar. 2026
The square neckline, ruched waist, and puffy sleeves combine a classic look with a fun modern twist.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
Body fluids shift toward the head, which gives astronauts a puffy face.
—Rachael Seidler, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The puffy top is really chic but a little trashy (her sweetspot).
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
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Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 10 Mar. 2026
The square neckline, ruched waist, and puffy sleeves combine a classic look with a fun modern twist.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
Body fluids shift toward the head, which gives astronauts a puffy face.
—Rachael Seidler, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The puffy top is really chic but a little trashy (her sweetspot).
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puffy
Adjective
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Also called confectioners’ sugar, powdered sugar is used in the frosting because the fine powder melds beautifully into the butter, creating a smooth, fluffy frosting.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The mousse comes out of the dispenser slowly and feels light and fluffy on your fingers.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The following season, Jackie was tending two downy babies — BBB (Big Bear Baby) and Stormy.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Just recently, Pera put a smooth mushroom pate on Coltivare’s menu, blanketed in a downy fluff of truffles.—
Aviva Bechky,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Using a fork, gradually draw the flour into the liquid until a shaggy dough begins to form.—
Monti Carlo,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Redmayne brings a sweetly doltish everyman energy to this increasingly off-kilter affair, with much of the dialogue between him and his co-stars (including Stratton-Twine as the missing woman’s slacker brother) improvised in disarmingly shaggy fashion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bolstered by fuzzy electric guitars, the song also provides the perfect moment for TWS to show off their aegyo — a quintessentially South Korean gesture of acting adorable that doesn’t always translate well overseas.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of Lerner’s virtues as a writer is that his work resists this relentless gathering of data (news, text messages, posts), a gathering that’s both abundant and diffuse, and that, paradoxically, feels like a giving over of one’s mind and capacities to fuzzy abstraction.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Puffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffy. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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