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as in feathery
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Recent Examples of wispy
With this capability, Rubin can reveal details of the cosmos across an enormous range of scales, from distant galaxies, to individual stars, to the wispy clouds of dust spread throughout our galaxy.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
While the look screams confidence with its crisp and clean cuts, the wispy and delicate ends that curl inward towards the jaw give a feminine touch.
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Alyssa Rotunno,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
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Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction.
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Vanessa Ague,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — no shades of cotton-candy pink.
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Marcia Dunn,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2026
Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
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CBS News,
25 June 2026
Her hair was worn long and loose, with wispy, barely-there bangs.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 June 2026
If that’s someone like Alabama’s Labaron Philon, who is a wispy point guard out of Alabama, then that’s fine.
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Tony Jones,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
While the look screams confidence with its crisp and clean cuts, the wispy and delicate ends that curl inward towards the jaw give a feminine touch.
—
Alyssa Rotunno,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction.
—
Vanessa Ague,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — no shades of cotton-candy pink.
—
Marcia Dunn,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2026
Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
—
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Her hair was worn long and loose, with wispy, barely-there bangs.
—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 June 2026
If that’s someone like Alabama’s Labaron Philon, who is a wispy point guard out of Alabama, then that’s fine.
—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wispy
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This internet phenomenon puts these feathery creatures in the spotlight, which ultimately aids awareness, said Matt Williams, director of conservation with the Indiana chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
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This feathery fringe is the bangs equivalent of wearing a silk robe.
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Among them is, naturally, the stringy bikini look, and Kylie Jenner appears more than happy to kick off the season while soaking in every second of her dreamy Kylie Cosmetics trip.
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Everyone is bulbous, stringy, or malformed.
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Dion’s look appeared to be made out of a slightly sheer material, showing off her legs through the diaphanous fabric.
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That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.
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The soft, willowy branches bear red flower spikes on the tips in warm months.
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Shredded vegetables — carrot, ginger, papaya, shallot and cucumber, some pickled and some fresh — are arranged, per the original name, over top in willowy repose.
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Flavors of black cherry, star anise, and mint are set into downy tannins that linger on the palate.
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Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.
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Oh no, Armand’s got his spindly roots in the band!
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In the video, the musician trashes an apartment, gets out of a cop car, and runs through a field at golden hour with spindly pylons in the background.
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Stylistically, these books are often surreal and oneiric, with the gauzy texture of childhood reverie.
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The light, gauzy fabric is airy enough to double as a swimsuit cover-up.
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Gray, a lanky man with a gray mustache, volunteers as a docent at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, just across from Boeing Field.
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Green's first two seasons in college went according to script and the lanky downfield threat was as good as advertised, earning first-team All-SEC honors in back-to-back years.
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“Wispy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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