fustiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fustiness
Noun
  • Businesses must adapt quickly or face obsolescence.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • There are many in the tech world — Satya Nadella, for one — suggesting that major SaaS platforms will face obsolescence because of the increasing maturity of generative AI and agentic applications.
    Jason Andersen, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Getty is boasts one of the most robust art collections in the world, with the Getty Center alone containing more than 44,000 antiquities dating as far back as 6,500 BCE.
    Francesca Aton for ArtNews, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
  • These artifacts from gaming antiquity will inevitably be recognized one day soon.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Miami Herald reported that detainees are sleeping on cement floors amid the stench of body odor and raw sewage.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Even wrapped in paper, the stench of the aptly named stinkhorn mushrooms was overpowering, but the woman stifled a laugh upon overhearing two other passengers gripe about the swarm of flies around them.
    Alla Katsnelson, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The napping won’t last forever, but your husband may need a helping hand out of this funk.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • However, if the Twins want to compete, Correa will need to stay healthy and get out of his current funk.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Here, again, is the kind of scenario that reeks of Moscow disinformation.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Everything inside reeks of smoke; various consultants have warned the smell won’t disappear unless insulation and ducting is replaced.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The campaign sees the baseball great tackling stink by partnering up with umpires by using Lysol Laundry Sanitizer.
    DJ Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • While your synthetic undies might pick up stink after a day or two on the trail, Merino wool pairs tend to feel and smell fresh for longer.
    Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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