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Recent Examples of soft-core
This is the character most relatable to the man who founded a media company whose sole purpose was to manipulate women into taking their tops off and engage in soft-core pornography on camera and cut them out of the earnings.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Ranking Coppola’s 23 features — his 1962 soft-core Tonight for Sure is not included, nor is his misbegotten New York Stories short feature or the Disney attraction Captain EO — was a difficult proposition.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The agencies that dole out state money to public charger companies — the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission — have taken a soft-core approach to holding the companies responsible.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Their intercourse isn’t soft-core like Bound but features Marian’s shy, sly, self-consciousness.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 July 2024
The interstitial clips are sequences of near-naked or topless women caressing themselves to a soft-core soundtrack.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Plastered around New York City, the soft-core promo had pedestrians doing double takes.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
This makes the show feel like classic late-night premium-television soft-core, the stuff that comes up when people reduce the complexity of Euphoria or Trilogy to the wildest pull quote or plot point.
—Vulture, 30 June 2023
Such themes are dismissed as the stuff of romance novels and soft-core illustration.
—Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Ranking Coppola’s 23 features — his 1962 soft-core Tonight for Sure is not included, nor is his misbegotten New York Stories short feature or the Disney attraction Captain EO — was a difficult proposition.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The agencies that dole out state money to public charger companies — the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission — have taken a soft-core approach to holding the companies responsible.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Their intercourse isn’t soft-core like Bound but features Marian’s shy, sly, self-consciousness.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 July 2024
The interstitial clips are sequences of near-naked or topless women caressing themselves to a soft-core soundtrack.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Plastered around New York City, the soft-core promo had pedestrians doing double takes.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
This makes the show feel like classic late-night premium-television soft-core, the stuff that comes up when people reduce the complexity of Euphoria or Trilogy to the wildest pull quote or plot point.
—Vulture, 30 June 2023
Such themes are dismissed as the stuff of romance novels and soft-core illustration.
—Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-core
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But Swept Away had an equal number of factors in its corner, which included the Avett Brothers’ hardcore following and the involvement of talents like director Michael Mayer, who helmed Spring Awakening and the Broadway version of American Idiot.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Foley has had a lengthy pro wrestling career, making his name as one of the best hardcore wrestlers in the world.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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While accepting the award for best actress at the National Board of Review Gala in New York City Tuesday, Jan. 7, the actress, 57, incorporated a steamy scene from the A24 erotic thriller into her acceptance speech.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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But the erotic drama has polarized audiences and didn’t exactly light up the Christmas box office, either, and the 17-time SAG nominee was ultimately passed over this year.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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At first, the dynamic seems ambiguous: closer to that between a mom and her barely adult son than a wife and her husband.—
Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
15 Nov. 2023
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That year, Consuelos also earned the honor of PEOPLE’s sexiest morning show host.—
Justine Fisher,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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If Naked Neroli is bright and sweet, Crescent is its sexier, warmer counterpart.—
Maya Gandara,
StyleCaster,
13 Jan. 2025
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The dusty light pink is playful yet mature and can be found on appliances like hand mixers, toasters, and slow cookers.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, Lynch’s second film for De Laurentiis defined the contours of his mature style.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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For the first seven years of the rating system (1969-1975), nearly half of the top films (33 of 70) were R- or X-rated.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
26 July 2024
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What audiences see are silhouettes engaged in a shadow play of entwined hands and arched backs, sensual but not X-rated.—
Rebecca Ritzel,
Washington Post,
13 Feb. 2024
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“Soft-core.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-core. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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