vaporous

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Recent Examples of vaporous These sharp, bracing periods are too infrequent, though, and the back half of the album drifts into a kind of vaporous dream state that verges on self-indulgent. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025 The canine snarl and hellacious production of Whole Lotta Red has dissipated for something sleeker, more vaporous. Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025 Pretty much every building lets in a lot of particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and vaporous chemicals. Molly Higgins, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024 Buildings let in a lot of particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and vaporous chemicals. Lisa Wood Shapiro, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for vaporous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporous
Adjective
  • Perfect for those no-makeup makeup days, this weightless, breathable formula evens tone, softens imperfections, and leaves skin looking fresh, dewy, and beautiful.
    Allure Editors, Allure, 13 May 2025
  • This fluid sunscreen blends seamlessly into the skin and feels completely weightless.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Photo : Open Homes Photography The landscape architect Bruce Porter designed the buoyant gardens.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
  • As their names suggest, the first three are lively and buoyant hues that from WGSN’s view will help people rise above the stresses of the world.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The hit isn’t unsubstantial: In 2024, textile exports to the United States accounted for 10.7 percent of China’s total textile exports, valued at $14.8 billion, and 22.7 percent of China’s total apparel exports, or $36.1 billion’s worth.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025
  • The algorithm fed the Giants pitcher a savory yet unsubstantial diet of short-form content.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Leaders and employees must work together to build lightweight systems for sharing progress, challenges and ideas before misalignment snowballs.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • The unique gel texture sets into a lightweight veil that feels comfortable and stays put, so there’s no pillow staining or sticky residue.
    Marie Lodi, Allure, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The tragic Hindenburg disaster of 1937, which resulted in the death of 36 people and effectively ended passenger airship travel, cast a long-lasting shadow over lighter-than-air technology.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
  • That all being said, if the claims are true, the relatively cheap cost and ease of manufacture of lighter-than-air drones could dramatically increase the chances of detecting stealth aircraft in flight.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But, never one to be bothered by what’s supposedly in or out, Bella Hadid is keeping the diaphanous look afloat, even in its downward trajectory.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.
    David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Although the testimony has surfaced vivid and bizarre details about the rarefied lives of celebrities, it’s also told an intimate, human, oddly familiar story about how power can warp relationships in all sorts of ways.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
  • And so Marie Curie and Sojourner will remain part of a rarefied clique.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Trump and Musk are truly onions made of glass: shiny orbs of one insubstantial layer over another, with nothing in the center, liable to be shattered under the slightest pressure.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Nineteen is certainly a lot lower than 42, but, um, 19 over the course of 94 episodes of television is not exactly and insubstantial amount.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Vaporous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporous. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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