fustiness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fustiness
Noun
  • Think of the idea of planned obsolescence, which is baked into all technology.
    Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • To a renaissance of human creativity or its gradual obsolescence?
    Wolfgang Messner, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Early monks and concern for community In antiquity, some Christians chose to lead a more perfect religious life by leaving ordinary society and living together in groups, in the wilderness.
    Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
  • Heller in 1977, surrounded by chairs and antiquities similar to the style of furniture and art in the apartment now.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • For all the waxy stories of tournament winners overcoming this or proving that, so many others out there are in the stench.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Luckily, the experience trumped inhaling the intense stench, which eventually subsided.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • As the Rockies tried to get him out of his season-long funk, Toglia was benched for three games during last week’s homestand.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
  • Why is Inter Miami mired in a month-long funk and down to sixth place in the Eastern Conference heading into a road game Saturday against first-place Philadelphia Union?
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The whole enterprise reeks of Marvel-itis with its endless callbacks.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
  • Fish, their main food source, reek of fuel from boats that carried people down the Turquesa.
    Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Cleveland run differential stinks and KC been pitching better.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • What's surprising is that senior Republican lawmakers are also making a stink.
    Daniel R. DePetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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