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Recent Examples of allusive
Yarvin tends to extreme digression, while Land speaks with the allusive compression of a guru.
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James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
David Bowie, charming in interviews, and leaning toward the abstract and allusive in his lyrics, was not given to weighing in on news events.
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Alexander Larman,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
At times sparse and allusive, Moon’s poems use blank space and other stylistic considerations to convey a voice and thought that ranges from the contemplative to the surreal and absurd.
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Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
The Lady From the Sea, one of Ibsen’s most mysterious and allusive plays, centers on the figure of Ellida, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter with a maritime obsession.
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Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
19 Aug. 2025
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James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
David Bowie, charming in interviews, and leaning toward the abstract and allusive in his lyrics, was not given to weighing in on news events.
—
Alexander Larman,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
At times sparse and allusive, Moon’s poems use blank space and other stylistic considerations to convey a voice and thought that ranges from the contemplative to the surreal and absurd.
—
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
The Lady From the Sea, one of Ibsen’s most mysterious and allusive plays, centers on the figure of Ellida, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter with a maritime obsession.
—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allusive
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Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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Any prices or levels shown are either historical or purely indicative.
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This transparent pink has a reflective finish that creates a striking shine with one coat.
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Make sure the shiny, reflective side is facing out.
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Semantic bleaching is another linguistic process whereby the denotative content of a word is stripped away.
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The paragon of such an attempt is something like Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror, a work that stands as a denotative record of the social media shift, yet still falls to the same difficulties that characterize other cultural criticism of this type.
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The telltale signs are everywhere.
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Ishdeep Narang, a psychiatrist, said the telltale sign is a feeling of desperation rather than joyful anticipation.
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Bass is taut and clean, midrange clear and expressive, and treble crisp and extended for a high definition performance with all manner of music.
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So, bringing the expressive pads allowed people to experiment with making music by sliding their fingers across them, putting a snare in the middle and a rim shot around the edges.
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In the photos, Blondeau is seen in her characteristic bun adorned with flowers and white cape-overlay gown, holding a calla lily bouquet.
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As radio waves travel across the universe, interstellar gas muddies them, generating a characteristic delay in the signal that depends on frequency.
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The unit at Lackland has implemented mitigation measures, is monitoring trainees who may have been exposed and is treating symptomatic trainees with antiviral medications such as Tamiflu, an Air Force spokesperson told CBS News last week.
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In another notable case, a Las Vegas nurse practitioner was charged in a $906 million Medicare and TRICARE fraud scheme involving billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts — a crime symptomatic of a viral trend that authorities say has spread across the country.
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The Cockroach Janta Party has also encouraged demonstrators to bring different symbolic props to the site each day.
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The vote was largely symbolic but appeared to mollify the president, who earlier in the day canceled a ceremonial signing of a bipartisan housing bill to exert pressure on the Senate to pass an unrelated election law bill.
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“Allusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allusive. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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