1
as in atmosphere
a special quality or impression associated with something
the monastery perched high on a mountaintop had an aura of unreality and mystery about it
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as in energy
a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings
alternative medical treatments that rely on the practitioner's ability to detect a patient's aura
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Recent Examples of aura
The flagships seek to take on an upscale aura, and position the high street brand as aspirational to fend off Chinese ultra-fast fashion players such as Shein and Temu, which have cannibalized the low-cost market.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
This brings it back to the phones, the vessels with which the current generation has learned to capture aura.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
While Cabaret opened last year to strong numbers – original stars Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin certainly added to the hot-ticket aura, as did the impressive revamp of the venue – the weekly grosses have plummeted in recent weeks.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Helton is familiar with the venue’s storied history and aura on an intimate level, having filled multiple USC coaching roles for more than a decade.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
This brings it back to the phones, the vessels with which the current generation has learned to capture aura.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
While Cabaret opened last year to strong numbers – original stars Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin certainly added to the hot-ticket aura, as did the impressive revamp of the venue – the weekly grosses have plummeted in recent weeks.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Helton is familiar with the venue’s storied history and aura on an intimate level, having filled multiple USC coaching roles for more than a decade.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aura
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The James Webb Space Telescope has already analyzed the chemistry of over 100 exoplanet atmospheres, NASA notes.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This set by Craft & Kin comes with four different scents to change the atmosphere for different occasions, including white birch and cedar, neroli and jasmine, dark rose and amber, and santal woods.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those batteries will then lead to cost, weight and material savings, creating an attractive selection of affordable, efficient new-energy vehicles, reported New Atlas.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Sep. 2025
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The people advancing that grassroots energy theory tended to be electoral underperformers themselves.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Fellow no-frills air carrier Frontier also made news yesterday.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has declared outdoor air pollution and particulate matter Group 1 carcinogens, proven causes of lung cancer.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Welcome to this year’s Best of Beauty winners in the Scent category, a list that includes nine genre-defining fragrances, a solid perfume, two body mists, one delicious-smelling hair mist, two oils, and four home aromas.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The aromas of this wine - maraschino cherry, pink roses and sea breeze - are dazzling; there is great freshness, excellent complexity and significant persistence; enjoy this over the next three to five years.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Judges Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli were joined in spirit by Carrie Ann Inaba, who missed the premiere due to illness.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the spirit of functionality and the chair’s utilitarian history, brass buckles secure both the leather back and seat.—
Elissa Suh,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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The parents of an older girl named Sarah Summers—the very name still carries a shiver of excitement—gave me her old clothes from time to time, in washed, folded stacks that were permeated with a middle-class laundry fragrance, the smell of another world, better than my own.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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There's also smells that can come from grime buildup.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Long @ Times Square in the Reverie Saigon, on the other hand, offers an old-world European ambiance complete with a 48-meter marble bar.—
Duncan Greenfield-Turk,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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Your base is the foundation of any makeup look, but in the year 2025, that doesn’t have to include actual foundation—at least not in the traditional sense.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead of clarity and a sense of financial empowerment, individuals experience costly missteps and are left unsure of where to find reliable guidance—eroding any trust in the mainstream financial system.—
Sandy Anderson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Aura.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aura. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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