Amazonian

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Recent Examples of Amazonian Verónica Moscoso tells a story inspired by an Amazonian legend. Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025 The Amazonian rubber outsoles offer surprising grip during unexpected weather changes, while the cushioned insoles (which are partly made from sugarcane) provide comfort through marathon travel days and spontaneous coastal hikes. Alexis Benveniste, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025 Verónica Moscoso tells a story inspired by an Amazonian legend. Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025 Verónica Moscoso tells a story inspired by an Amazonian legend. Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Amazonian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Amazonian
Adjective
  • Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.
    Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
  • In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.
    Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
Adjective
  • Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
  • This mindset among far-right Reformed evangelicals is deeply entwined with a hypermasculine virtuousness.
    Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Like a Faustian figure, Kilmer’s Elvis plays to Clarence’s macho aspiration.
    Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The latter is led by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal), a macho American mountain guide who climbed Everest's peak two years prior to the events of the film.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These surveillance photos of two people who police say are Rob Baker and a male accomplice captured them entering the Sementilli home.
    Greg Fisher, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • To test the birds’ mathematical abilities, scientists in Germany placed two male carrion crows (Corvus corone) in front of a digital screen in a laboratory.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Amazonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Amazonian. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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