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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-turned
Adjective
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In a humiliating audition for another lascivious Las Vegas revue, the 57-year-old character, a buxom blond dreamer, stands onstage before a sleazy producer (Jason Schwartzman) who cuts her performance short.—
Robyn Bahr,
The Hollywood Reporter,
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Still, Christmas Vacation is worth watching alone for Randy Quaid's Cousin Eddie and Chevy Chase's fumbling encounter with a buxom department store salesperson.—
Chris Nashawaty,
EW.com,
11 Dec. 2024
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My request was straightforward; please explain, in one pithy paragraph, the reason for all this hope.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
14 Aug. 2024
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The newsletter’s combination of pithy irreverence and countercultural credibility had proved popular and grew more so, accumulating nearly five hundred subjects.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Working a color palette that added burgundy and plum, in addition to olive green, as new neutrals — very much in sync with what was trending at the fair for fall — the brand plied cashmere and wool blends or alpaca jerseys into voluptuous coats, featuring raglan sleeves and oversize lapels.—
Martino Carrera,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
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This place gives what is uniquely a sweet and voluptuous touch to the tannins, combined with very intense spiciness on the finish.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Though its action is depicted crisply and clearly, its epigrammatic shots aim straight for the viewer’s unconscious, making only glancing contact with the rational mind.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (1791) The best and most entertaining biography ever written in English — addictive for its prescient, informal, racy prose and Johnson's epigrammatic precision and enduring decency.—
The Week Staff,
The Week,
20 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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This principle explains why Kennedy’s 17-word challenge continues to motivate generations and why Roosevelt’s succinct reassurance rallied a nation in crisis.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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For her visit on The Today Show the archival Dior arrived in the form of a succinct seafoam green suit.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Colleges that are less well-endowed might have fewer proxies that strain their financial aid budget, but still should use individualized proxies to meet their institutional needs.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
20 Sep. 2024
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Unfortunately, as anyone else who is well-endowed can likely attest, one-pieces seldom do the girls justice.—
Brie Schwartz,
Glamour,
21 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Madonna kept the glam simple with a sleek, thick winged liner and a plump nude lip.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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It’s also loaded with moisturizing ingredients, like hyaluronic acid, ceramides, and vitamin E, to make sure your lips stay plump and protected.—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is a bracing, even novel, perspective on a war whose film depictions so often traffic in sententious Greatest Generation platitudes.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
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Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
The New Yorker,
26 June 2023
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“Well-turned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-turned. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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