as in eclectic
consisting of many things of different sorts
since I just collect stamps that I happen to like, my collection is pretty promiscuous
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Recent Examples of promiscuous
Messy centers on Stella (Wasser), a promiscuous love addict who moves to New York City following a tough breakup and sets out on a string of dates in the hopes of finding the right match.
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Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
The story follows a promiscuous love addict named Stella (Wasser) who moves to New York after a bad breakup, and her quest to find love and purpose — one disappointing date at a time.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
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Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
The revival premiered on HBO Max in late 2021, featuring three of the four original stars, minus Kim Cattrall's promiscuous Samantha Jones.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
The story follows a promiscuous love addict named Stella (Wasser) who moves to New York after a bad breakup, and her quest to find love and purpose — one disappointing date at a time.
—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
The revival premiered on HBO Max in late 2021, featuring three of the four original stars, minus Kim Cattrall's promiscuous Samantha Jones.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promiscuous
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The British filmmaker has assembled an eclectic cast to play the heroes and goddesses, sorceresses and swineherds.
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Taking a cue from nickelodeon piano players, composer John Powell steers the mood with a vibrantly eclectic score of sprightly ragtime, violin pathos and popcorn crescendos.
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Main categories include cycling, hiking, and multi-sport, all offering varied difficulty levels.
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The three-time Grand Slam doubles champion has a varied game with a killer serve, and she won’t be intimidated by Świątek.
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Aabria walks the best line here, keeping her lies small, manageable, and heavily mixed with the truth, and getting the jury on her side most consistently.
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The two nations have given mixed messages on tolls and routes through the vital waterway.
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The main plot moves along at a good pace, though assorted flashbacks to Kara's Kryptonian origins wind up slowing down the momentum.
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In addition to their handcrafted coffee and coffee flavors – that brew assorted hot or iced lattes, cappuccinos and Americanos – the couple plan to package their tea leaves in tea bags and offer smoothies and lemonade at the Ramona location.
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Industrial fishing, poor management, and destructive and indiscriminate bottom trawling by ships the size of city blocks left too few fish to breed and replenish the population.
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Redemptions Turn Good Assets Into Sources of Cash Fund redemptions create another form of indiscriminate selling.
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Working with sister stylist duo Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo, Rodrigo has reconstructed her signature looks to feel softer and more grown-up, with outfits drawing from fashion references just as diverse as her musical taste.
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This is a really fun, diverse set of applications all mysteriously falling under the heading of the positive Grassmannian.
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