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As a former foreign correspondent, Fenton has had experiences similar to my own, but poetry provides a more allusive, emotional language than journalism.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024
Image Image Hovsepian, who was born in Isfahan, Iran, and grew up in Toledo, Ohio, makes allusive, shadowy photographs and assemblages that are in the permanent collections of New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.
—Max Berlinger Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Some are allusive, like the way Sang-won has acquired Ui-ju’s habit of spicing up instant ramen with chilli paste.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
Ray Johnson, a master of the collage, made work that was cryptic, obsessive, and densely allusive.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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The Week Uk, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024
Image Image Hovsepian, who was born in Isfahan, Iran, and grew up in Toledo, Ohio, makes allusive, shadowy photographs and assemblages that are in the permanent collections of New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.
—Max Berlinger Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Some are allusive, like the way Sang-won has acquired Ui-ju’s habit of spicing up instant ramen with chilli paste.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
Ray Johnson, a master of the collage, made work that was cryptic, obsessive, and densely allusive.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allusive
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With this in mind, high school students should be keenly aware that a particular teacher’s AI policies should not be viewed as indicative of all teachers’ attitudes or policies.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Charter head: 'City Hall simply isn't listening' Steve Goodin, convener of the Cincinnati Charter Committee, sees the large field as indicative as people wanting change.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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Faculty at Ivy League and other top schools are encouraged to revisit their course policies regularly, experiment with new pedagogical methods, and guide students through the process of using AI in responsible, reflective ways.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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On July 5, the low angle of the sun will cast prominent shadows along the eastern rim of the impact crater, while highlighting reflective debris streaks known as ejecta rays that were cast out during its creation some 800 million years ago.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
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Semantic bleaching is another linguistic process whereby the denotative content of a word is stripped away.—
Brandon Tensley,
CNN,
10 July 2022
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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.—
SPIN,
SPIN,
8 Feb. 2022
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Mammoth Dunes If Sand Valley is a study in restraint and rhythm, Mammoth Dunes is its bolder, more expressive sibling.—
Jeff Goudy,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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While themes like heritage and quiet luxury lingered faintly in the background, the spotlight belonged to expressive styles.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
9 July 2025
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That’s a characteristic Amorim associates with Heaven.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Measles symptoms Initial measles symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a characteristic rash that begins to develop a few days later.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
9 July 2025
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Multiple sources said its implosion was symptomatic of some broader cultural and process problems that affected the rest of the project, too.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 July 2025
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This public sharing seems, in part, symptomatic of a loneliness epidemic affecting Gen Z.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
29 June 2025
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The move was largely symbolic — such trade is relatively minimal — but demonstrated the worsening of their ties: Brussels is reportedly pressuring Beijing to raise its target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions ahead of this month’s meeting.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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In a post symbolic of fears that the company was now directly linked to his America Party, Musk was forced to correct the record that Tesla’s finance chief Vaibhav Taneja was not serving as Treasurer after a convincing fake had been uploaded to the Federal Election Commission’s website domain.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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“Allusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allusive. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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