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Recent Examples of gestural
Loose, gestural ink drawings sit alongside still lifes of treasured objects, flea market finds are arranged like miniature stage sets, and candid snapshots of her Milan existence are collaged with painterly abandon.
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Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Mar. 2026
Where An Orange Colored Day was gestural and allusive, A Rush to Nowhere is direct.
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Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
11 Mar. 2026
There’s a speaker, and a physical button, which could potentially be used to take photos or as a gestural shortcut to other commands — like waking the virtual assistant.
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Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
This time it was brought back to life with illustrations full of character and expressive gestural linework.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Mar. 2026
Where An Orange Colored Day was gestural and allusive, A Rush to Nowhere is direct.
—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
11 Mar. 2026
There’s a speaker, and a physical button, which could potentially be used to take photos or as a gestural shortcut to other commands — like waking the virtual assistant.
—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
This time it was brought back to life with illustrations full of character and expressive gestural linework.
—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
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Bass is taut and clean, midrange clear and expressive, and treble crisp and extended for a high definition performance with all manner of music.
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So, bringing the expressive pads allowed people to experiment with making music by sliding their fingers across them, putting a snare in the middle and a rim shot around the edges.
Adjective
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After regulators halted Ant’s giant IPO in 2020, the operator of mobile payments app Alipay has launched a healthcare services app and released its own artificial intelligence models.
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The companies also plan to develop mobile battery units that can move between job sites.
Adjective
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Picking up his option would keep a young wing with size, defensive tools and an expiring salary, preserving depth and a movable contract before the trade deadline.
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With the trucks, at least, the administration has been able to take its preferred version of the American story on the road, where history is more, well, movable.
Adjective
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To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.
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The report conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California analyzed 2023-24 traffic stop data and found that Sacramento police disproportionately stopped Black drivers, often for minor vehicle equipment or non-moving violations.
Adjective
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The problem was that, under a microscope, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and other motile bacteria almost instantly swam out of frame.
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Upstairs at Sperm Racing HQ is a lab stocked with racks of test tubes, centrifuges for separating out the most motile sperm from a sample, and little plastic slides containing new microscopic racecourses for frat-boy cum.
Adjective
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Christian Pulisic is the most important player, but not the most demonstrative.
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Finns may not be known for demonstrative cheerfulness, nor necessarily for being makers of excessively happy music.
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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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