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Recent Examples of vaporous
But the film plays so coy with its backstory, offering it in dribs and drabs, that its initial emotional tension soon turns vaporous and phony.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
This fluttering, vaporous, slightly mysterious pas de deux was created, in 1980, for the ballerina Merrill Ashley, a technical powerhouse with a hidden lyrical side.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
On the eyes, shadows come in shades of caramel, bronze, and smoky brown, applied in a halo across the lid to create a vaporous color.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Many tracks amount to a quirky beat and a few seconds of vaporous rapping.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
This fluttering, vaporous, slightly mysterious pas de deux was created, in 1980, for the ballerina Merrill Ashley, a technical powerhouse with a hidden lyrical side.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
On the eyes, shadows come in shades of caramel, bronze, and smoky brown, applied in a halo across the lid to create a vaporous color.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
Many tracks amount to a quirky beat and a few seconds of vaporous rapping.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporous
Adjective
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The design of Jane and Bob's house was of that era, intended to feel weightless, floating above and looking over.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Unlike some boots that feel clunky and heavy on your feet, these feel virtually weightless Despite its lightweight design, the shoes feature durable EVA outsoles that have a slightly rugged, zig-zag pattern for ample traction in slippery weather conditions.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The black expanse of thin, dense and relatively young basalt from those centers stands in stark contrast to thicker, more buoyant continental crust, which is primarily granite but contains the full gamut of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks and can be billions of years old.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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There are weak patches, but the four actors (Wilde, MVP Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz) keep it buoyant, with a crackling energy that makes the endless streams of overlapping talk play like jazz.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This can alter the amount and types of ACE-inhibiting peptides created during fermentation2—and possibly account for kombucha's unsubstantial effect on blood pressure.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
27 Dec. 2025
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Then again … This really does sum up Reeves’s unsubstantial performance as Jonathan Harker, whose new client is definitely up to no good.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This eye cream has a lightweight feel that absorbs into your skin without a greasy finish.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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That balance—enhancing performance while preserving appearance—supports applications that need lightweight fabrics as well as sectors with more technical needs.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That bill would have allowed for biodegradable lighter-than-air gas balloons made with non-latex material to be more environmentally friendly.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
2 Jan. 2026
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The city already has regulations including restrictions on single-use plastic bags for carryout, plastic straws and stirrers, and balloons filled with helium or other lighter-than-air gasses.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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On the Ann Demeulemeester runway line-up from which Lipa’s jacket was plucked, the military uniform piece was styled with a diaphanous cream slip dress and the same combat boots.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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At first, the trend saw all of your favorite celebrities following a very specific outfit formula, pairing their diaphanous long skirts with blazers, and only blazers.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Even in the rarefied realm of F1 racing, where top teams spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year in the service of speed, Mercedes simply gave up.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
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But Bowman is headed to rarefied air.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Scarlet’s good intentions to end wars by way of sheer determination to do what’s right might prove insubstantial in practice.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Oliver Rackham, the great historian of the British countryside, devoted a not insubstantial portion of his career to rebutting this claim, noting that there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that these punishments were ever carried out.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Vaporous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporous. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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