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Recent Examples of repellency
In the pursuit of performance, the fashion industry has quietly adopted a class of synthetic chemicals that offer stain resistance, water repellency and durability.
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Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
This handbag carries all of the Dooney & Bourke signature handsome features and hardware and has also been treated for winter repellency.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Prana's Halle Straight Pants II have a flattering silhouette that resembles the fit of your favorite jeans — only with UPF 50+ for sun protection, water repellency, and abrasion resistance.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Chemicals are added to create different characteristics, such as flexibility or water repellency.
—By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
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Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
This handbag carries all of the Dooney & Bourke signature handsome features and hardware and has also been treated for winter repellency.
—Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Prana's Halle Straight Pants II have a flattering silhouette that resembles the fit of your favorite jeans — only with UPF 50+ for sun protection, water repellency, and abrasion resistance.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Chemicals are added to create different characteristics, such as flexibility or water repellency.
—By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellency
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
Noun
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Yordan Alvarez’s name lives in infamy even though Josh Fields proved quite effective in a Dodgers uniform.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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That might have been the number that burned into infamy in South Florida sports history.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
Noun
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According to a new case study in JAMA Dermatology, the woman presented to a dermatology clinic in Spain after three months of oral unpleasantness.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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Happy to temporarily rid his mind of that unpleasantness, Nick springs into action.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Every day there is a new cut to programs that actually help people in need or a new atrocity like Alligator Alcatraz that promotes cruelty to other human beings.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 July 2025
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Israeli officials have repeatedly compared Hamas’ October 7 attacks to Nazi atrocities during World War II, homing in on the narrative that the conflict in Gaza is a war of survival.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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“Repellency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellency. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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