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Recent Examples of repellency
This handbag carries all of the Dooney & Bourke signature handsome features and hardware and has also been treated for winter repellency.
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Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Prana's Halle Straight Pants II have a flattering silhouette that resembles the fit of your favorite jeans — only with UPF 50+ for sun protection, water repellency, and abrasion resistance.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Chemicals are added to create different characteristics, such as flexibility or water repellency.
—By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Testers love it for its impressive water repellency and the structured bill that shields your face.
—Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Prana's Halle Straight Pants II have a flattering silhouette that resembles the fit of your favorite jeans — only with UPF 50+ for sun protection, water repellency, and abrasion resistance.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Chemicals are added to create different characteristics, such as flexibility or water repellency.
—By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Testers love it for its impressive water repellency and the structured bill that shields your face.
—Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repellency
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
Noun
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The Rockies, continuing their road to baseball infamy, had five hits, struck out 10 times, and tumbled to a 21-71 record.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
9 July 2025
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Their names mononymously live in infamy: Darko and Bargnani.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Noun
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According to a new case study in JAMA Dermatology, the woman presented to a dermatology clinic in Spain after three months of oral unpleasantness.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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Happy to temporarily rid his mind of that unpleasantness, Nick springs into action.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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While Israel has every right to defend itself and respond to the atrocities of Oct. 7th, nothing can justify the horrors currently committed in Gaza.—
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen,
Time,
7 July 2025
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Some three decades after the genocide in Srebrenica, there are several early warning signs and risk factors indicating the serious risk of atrocity crimes in the region.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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“Repellency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repellency. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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