wispish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wispish
Adjective
  • Silicon monoxide is present around the baby star in its gaseous state and within these crystalline minerals.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
  • During this phase, volatile organic compounds are released and partially converted to gaseous products while solid carbonaceous residues (biochar) are retained.
    David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Israel's 21-month war against Hamas in Gaza remains tenuous.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • At one multilingual church whose members hail from Iran and Spanish-speaking countries, parishioners with tenuous legal status have been advised to stay home rather than attend service.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Cover it with a thin layer of topsoil or compost to cover the seeds.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 24 July 2025
  • The market is thin in run-producing bats, and O'Hearn not only fills that need but is versatile enough to play the corner outfield spots as well.
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • Preminger, ever the maximalist, went in the opposite direction with Sagan’s vaporous narrative.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 May 2025
  • Many tracks amount to a quirky beat and a few seconds of vaporous rapping.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Health is the invisible infrastructure beneath every board-level priority.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • This is an invisible parasite, there's no way a consumer's going to be able to see this.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Do not those diaphanous wings impede their ability to pursue prey underwater?
    Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2025
  • The singer signed autographs in a diaphanous black Ludovic de Saint Sernin dress, an interpretation of the opening look from spring 2025.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • This includes physical assets like IT hardware, networking equipment and office infrastructure, but also intangible assets like intellectual property, unused software licenses, real estate and even entire business units that no longer align with the company’s strategic goals.
    Albert Golukhov, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • Next, ponder grades for what are often intangible items, the quality of life that every household seeks.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
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“Wispish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispish. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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