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as in moisture
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as in solidity
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Recent Examples of stickiness
So add delightful micro-interactions such as a friendly animation when a task is completed or a cheerful message after a signup to help build memory and create emotional stickiness.
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Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Its texture offers hydration and glow without stickiness for many.
—Akili King, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
The stickiness of such materials is fickle, which means her home is constantly unraveling and requires a steady influx of cheap supplies from eBay, Etsy, and Amazon.
—Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
However, there are other clear factors in the stickiness of housing inflation; namely, that the industry recovered extremely slowly from the crash of 2008.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Its texture offers hydration and glow without stickiness for many.
—Akili King, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
The stickiness of such materials is fickle, which means her home is constantly unraveling and requires a steady influx of cheap supplies from eBay, Etsy, and Amazon.
—Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
However, there are other clear factors in the stickiness of housing inflation; namely, that the industry recovered extremely slowly from the crash of 2008.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stickiness
Noun
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The brand starts with iconic jeanswear silhouettes and then adds functional elements including stretch, gusseting, temperature, and moisture management, prioritizing natural and plant-based inputs wherever possible.—
Simon Mainwaring,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Here, the lack of light pollution and moisture will allow the telescope to take more accurate readings of deep space and its structures.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As the light drops, the stillness of the dark comes on, the trees acquire their night-time solidity, and the hooting of the owls begins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Joan and Luke had a love that was all fireworks and sexy dazzle; after Luke died, Joan married Larry, who was all ordinary-guy solidity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Defining Gel coats the hair in flexible, humidity-resistant polymers to form structured spirals with zero frizz.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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For city-dwellers that battle hard water, dry, cold air, and random bouts of sidewalk grate humidity — this is the duo your brittle strands need.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Microcurrents with nanocurrents target the skin cells at different levels of your skin’s surface to stimulate collagen production, which, with consistency, the brand claims provides longer-lasting benefits.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Robots also offer consistency, repeating trials with no fatigue or variation.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Perfect for a day at the office, the style offers all the dressiness of leather loafers with none of the stuffiness.—
Amina Ayoud,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2025
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Many equate an omakase restaurant with stuffiness and outrageous prices.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The dampness of their skin draws a burring frenzy of sandflies and they are driven from the reservoir’s edge, Tamsin swatting her sunhat in wide arcs to fend them off.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Reigle and her team tested about a dozen formulations and viscosities, playing detective to figure out where a whole host of issues was coming from.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The early palate is sweet and wood-forward, carried by a viscosity and flavor intensity that (again) both seem higher than the whiskey’s 108 proof.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The batter is loaded up with apples that lend an incredible moistness to this rustic sheet cake.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Stickiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stickiness. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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