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Recent Examples of draconic
The complications include a tourbillon, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and a complex celestial and astronomical system that indicates three lunar month displays that include the synodic, draconic, and anomalistic cycles.
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Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Sandra Mujinga, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now based in Norway, contributed Ghosting (2019), a draconic red faux-leather tent that an Ursula K. Le Guin protagonist might pitch in the galactic wilds.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
In the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, a five-headed, draconic deity bears the goddess’ name.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
To end the draconic demon’s droughts, Indra battled and killed Vritra, freeing the rain, enabling sunlight and creating a new order.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Quetzalcoatl Film Appearances: Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) One of the rare original kaiju to be created between the current boom of giant monsters and the creature-feature kaiju phase of the ’60s, Q features a draconic Aztec god who decides to make a nest for itself in the Chrysler Building.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The Stellar Odyssey offers a chance to glimpse some of the brand’s most complex creations, ranging from simple moon phase displays to perpetual calendars, equation of time, sky charts, and the draconic and anomalistic lunar cycles.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
For example, the interior face of the iconic Reverso cradle features three lunar displays (the synodic cycle, the draconic cycle and the anomalistic cycle).
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
The third face shows the moon phases in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the draconic lunar cycle (to show the height of the moon) and the anomalistic lunar cycle.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Sandra Mujinga, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now based in Norway, contributed Ghosting (2019), a draconic red faux-leather tent that an Ursula K. Le Guin protagonist might pitch in the galactic wilds.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
In the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, a five-headed, draconic deity bears the goddess’ name.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
To end the draconic demon’s droughts, Indra battled and killed Vritra, freeing the rain, enabling sunlight and creating a new order.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Quetzalcoatl Film Appearances: Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) One of the rare original kaiju to be created between the current boom of giant monsters and the creature-feature kaiju phase of the ’60s, Q features a draconic Aztec god who decides to make a nest for itself in the Chrysler Building.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The Stellar Odyssey offers a chance to glimpse some of the brand’s most complex creations, ranging from simple moon phase displays to perpetual calendars, equation of time, sky charts, and the draconic and anomalistic lunar cycles.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
For example, the interior face of the iconic Reverso cradle features three lunar displays (the synodic cycle, the draconic cycle and the anomalistic cycle).
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
The third face shows the moon phases in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the draconic lunar cycle (to show the height of the moon) and the anomalistic lunar cycle.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draconic
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However, this is not surprising on the heels of DOGE plans to cut up to 25% of the IRS staff including draconian cuts to the IRS’ Criminal Investigations unit which plays an essential role in combating drug and human trafficking, terrorism, tax crimes, financial crimes and money laundering.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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China’s regulatory framework and especially its draconian rules regarding data transfers are anathema to foreign partners.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Contracts of adhesion are sometimes seen as oppressive, especially in the consumer context, but courts often regard them as enforceable.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 May 2025
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The United States held Qaddafi’s Libya up as a success story in the global war on terror, a former rogue state that had made amends for its murderous past, relinquished its nuclear-weapons program and reoriented its oppressive state apparatus around American foreign-policy priorities.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Wednesday night’s barbarous shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees — gunned down, shot in the back allegedly by a pro-Palestinian activist while leaving a peace event at the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. — is more than a mere workaday atrocity.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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The barbarous relic has glittered amidst the financial carnage.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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May 27, 2025 One of the standout performances of the franchise is Anthony Starr as Homelander, a sadistic version of Superman that leads the superhero group The Seven.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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But evil often exists within the walls of a home rather than outside: her sadistic brother Shawn physically abused her for years while her parents looked the other way.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
28 May 2025
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Lori survives the brutal events of prom night, but not without a fight.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Would a Venezuelan contestant who rolled off her log need to use her airline miles when forcibly flown to the waiting arms of Maduro’s brutal regime?—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Of the treaty’s three American signers—John Adams, John Jay and Benjamin Franklin—Franklin was said to have taken the harshest line against the loyalists.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
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Netflix released the trailer for the reality TV show on YouTube on Wednesday, which starts with a voice-over of a cheerleader talking about how the DCC will always be in each other’s lives before explaining the harsh reality of trying out to be a Cowboys cheerleader with all the talent.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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That difficult Apostolic Journey was a balm on the open wounds of the Iraqi people, who had suffered so much from the inhuman actions of ISIS.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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In these seemingly inhuman terrains, the figure coyly persists: a woman’s profile appears along the sheer side of a craggy peak; another’s eye peeks out from a crevasse.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The reason Evin is infamous is because of its terribly cruel high security detention centers that are poorly supervised by the Prison Chief.—
Jeff Kaufman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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But then perhaps that is her unsatisfying but depressingly undeniable point: there is no challenging minds this small, behaviors this cruel, spirits this mean.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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“Draconic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draconic. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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