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Recent Examples of loopy
The tablecloth was a vibrant bubblegum pink; the menus, hand-written in loopy calligraphy; the stately centerpiece eschewed for a smattering of slim burgundy taper candles pierced ceremoniously through seasonally appropriate pomegranates.
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
Theirs is the kind of loopy side quest that only Cameron has the guts to cram into a Christmastime blockbuster.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The origin of animal complexity might literally have been loopy.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
Theirs is the kind of loopy side quest that only Cameron has the guts to cram into a Christmastime blockbuster.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The origin of animal complexity might literally have been loopy.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loopy
Adjective
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Things got even dottier from there: Another eight names were added to a growing list of scientists who have recently either died or gone missing.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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People wanted to wear clothes at the cutting edge, which gave dotty fabrics woven by machine a natural fanbase among the society ladies who could afford them.—
Natalie Hammond,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The trick transforms Elliott’s rapping into demented scat-singing.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Then the adult-centric interactive play gets demented — a bit demonic, even.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s one sound on earth that will never get old, and that’s Johnny Knoxville’s maniacal cackle when someone has been injured.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bones is a pretty stellar action heroine, if only for her rah-rah speeches and her maniacal laughter in the face of men who seek to control her.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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The risk of a psychotic disorder rose fourfold when highly potent weed was used daily, the study found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some of the outfits seem to confer the power of flight, though that illusion is fostered by the delirious energy of human forms liberated from conformity.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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And Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (2022) dropped its kitschy, hip-swiveling subject into a delirious fever dream that at the very least made its messy screenplay interesting.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Inspired by a short story from Welsh poet and author Dylan Thomas, the film is said to follow a young boy sent to spend one summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather on a remote Welsh farm.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Guests showed up in their most eccentric finery.—
Blanche Marcel,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Vineland is wildly different—set in a different decade and full of Pynchon’s typically batty rocket-flights of fancy—but PTA finds a thread of resonant plot and character that feels true to the source material and ripped from our very dark headlines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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Of course, keeping a player like Angelina around for the long haul could be beneficial for players who would like to sit in front of a jury next to someone who drives everybody else batty.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The best cotija has layers of milky, grassy, nutty flavors that marry perfectly with not just Mexican dishes but all things savory.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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One of the nuttiest districts in Ron DeSantis' new gerrymandering plans stretches more than 100 miles south of Orlando, putting voters in the City Beautiful in the same district as Lake Okeechobee.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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“Loopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loopy. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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