as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
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Just an hour south of the gaseous maelstrom otherwise known as the City of Angels lurks a quiescent hideaway called Terranea Resort, set like a rare gemstone on 102 acres of Palos Verdes Peninsula oceanfront.
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Overall, the combination of a large head and narrow tail give gaseous comets the appearance of an apple on a stick.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
But their accelerating power is limited by the density of the plasma, which is typically a gaseous substance with fewer than 10^18 particles per cubic centimeter.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The process involves first converting the water into a gaseous state and then ionizing it to create plasma, a highly energetic state of matter consisting of free electrons and ions.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2025
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Overall, the combination of a large head and narrow tail give gaseous comets the appearance of an apple on a stick.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
But their accelerating power is limited by the density of the plasma, which is typically a gaseous substance with fewer than 10^18 particles per cubic centimeter.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The process involves first converting the water into a gaseous state and then ionizing it to create plasma, a highly energetic state of matter consisting of free electrons and ions.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaseous
rhetorical
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However, that evolution remains more rhetorical than structural, at least for now.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 June 2025
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Differences of opinion between economists, scorekeepers and analysts are commonplace, as are the heated rhetorical attacks lobbed at the Congressional Budget Office.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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