polyester

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Recent Examples of polyester Get a cap and gown for a cool photo op No graduation day is complete without a photo shoot in a tasseled cap and hot, sweaty, polyester robe, right? Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020 Start with polyester thermal underwear for the base layer. Deb Acord, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for polyester 
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Adjective
  • For anyone who thinks a pair of headphones aimed at drummers might be a bit unsophisticated and possibly a little brutal, nothing could be further from the truth.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Initially hesitant to accept her help, Chadwick warms to his TA thanks to her anxious but dedicated work ethic, as well as her flare for debate — a notable turn from the somewhat unsophisticated nature of Ronald’s relationship with Cecile in the 1999 film.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Under the command of white engineer James Moncrief, this provincial, or locally recruited, unit was tasked with fatigue duties, such as constructing fortifications and transporting supplies.
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • An investigation by Quebec provincial police led to the arrest of 26 individuals, including the ringleader behind the scheme, Richard Valliere.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • At Urban Cowboy Lodge, a rustic property on 68 acres of pristine wilderness, guests can disconnect and enjoy the best of upstate New York.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Located on the edge of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, this eco-chic hideaway blends rustic elegance with adventure activities such as tracking endangered mountain gorillas or hiking dormant volcanoes.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Naturally, the media hyped the event as Bart versus Bill, a showdown between one show’s wholesome family values and the other’s brash, boorish cynicism — the aspirational ’80s facing off against the anarchic ’90s.
    Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Globes have remade themselves over the past few years, going from a model of old-school corruption (bribery, being boorish around celebrities) to a more accountable organization whose corruption now has a friendly modern face.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2020
  • The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring .
    Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2020
Adjective
  • Its members' firm repudiation of the unqualified and clownish Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows that its members can still stiffen their sinews and summon up the courage to curb President-elect Donald Trump's appetite for surrounding himself with sycophantic boobs.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Before news of the repression broke, many Western media stories about Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov portrayed him as a clownish dictator obsessed with his Instagram account.
    Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
Adjective
  • The military often relied on a crude statistical model to assess the risk of civilian harm, and sometimes launched strikes on targets several hours after last locating them, increasing the risk of error.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • That translated to four million barrels per day of crude oil.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Polyester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyester. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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