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His work is instantly recognizable, with vibrant, impressionistic swirls of purple, orange, green and red.
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John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
Nietzsche’s genealogy, needless to say, was a more impressionistic affair, and didn’t reach back to any evolutionary savanna.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The book is very short and impressionistic, just a series of encounters with different characters.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Instead, the film adopts an impressionistic approach by allowing O’Neill’s numerous alternative theories to emerge from the historical wreckage.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
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John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
Nietzsche’s genealogy, needless to say, was a more impressionistic affair, and didn’t reach back to any evolutionary savanna.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The book is very short and impressionistic, just a series of encounters with different characters.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Instead, the film adopts an impressionistic approach by allowing O’Neill’s numerous alternative theories to emerge from the historical wreckage.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impressionistic
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“Impressionistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionistic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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