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Recent Examples of sparkly
Simone Ashley selected a sparkly Chanel two-piece, with a midriff-baring crop top.
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Rhonda Richford, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
The singer/dancer added sparkly sneakers and some subtle bling.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
No Full Moon Party is complete without a few sparkly decorations, and these celestial garlands will add the perfect amount of glimmer.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
The color looked great with her casual outfit of jeans and a black jacket, but would look just as good with a sparkly Oscars-style gown too.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
The singer/dancer added sparkly sneakers and some subtle bling.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
No Full Moon Party is complete without a few sparkly decorations, and these celestial garlands will add the perfect amount of glimmer.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
The color looked great with her casual outfit of jeans and a black jacket, but would look just as good with a sparkly Oscars-style gown too.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparkly
Adjective
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Suddenly, everyone’s wardrobe is far more cheerful, nature is blooming in every corner, and our favorite brands begin unveiling fresh colorways inspired by the season’s change.—
Maya Gandara,
StyleCaster,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Many Faces of Organizational Silence Toxic positivity isn't just about being excessively cheerful.—
Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The finish is long, smooth, and dry, with effervescent spicy notes.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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An effervescent evening dedicated to the world’s finest sparkling wines—crafted beyond the borders of Champagne yet rivaling its elegance, complexity, and prestige.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An exhaustingly chirpy series of studies has found that social connection is one of the strongest predictors of well-being, and extroverts are more socially connected.—
Olga Khazan,
Vox,
11 Mar. 2025
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Trillions of chirpy, red-eyed periodical cicadas emerged from underground in a rare double emergence event.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The yachting market has been buoyant over the last few years, with more and more people looking to get out on the water and experience life at sea, either by buying a yacht or renting one as part of a private charter.—
Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Luckily, Pattinson manages to keep things buoyant without diluting the late-capitalism metaphors or the melancholy existentialism.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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Hinging on upbeat, nostalgic pop music that was popular during the global financial crash in the mid- to late-00s, the viral trend shows that from the purse to the playlist, concerns about a potential recession are everywhere.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The veteran pitcher is trying to be upbeat about his leg injury in preparation for Wednesday’s imaging.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Wasn’t the entire point of season two making both the audience and Ted realize all the ways in which his ultra-chipper attitude and impenetrable optimism were a mask for decades of repressed sadness?—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2023
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The super-chipper T.A. who serves as her driver and cheerleader (Rammel Chan) deposits Kate at a B&B whose snarling proprietor (Cindy Gold) seems to have chosen the wrong line of business.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2020
Adjective
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The trailer unfolded to the atmospheric music of Nine Inch Nails and overflows with atmospheric details — bright red bikes race down highways, slicing cop cars in half.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Here’s one that’s also extremely interesting to me based on some of our brightest experts predicting the kinds of human-computer interactions that look and seem authentic to the human user.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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By 2018, the enthusiastic response led to Girl + Hair’s inclusion in the Target Takeoff Program, which helps up-and-coming brands scale their products to the next level.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the auditorium in the Fertitta Hall basement, the biggest star of all is the eternally youthful, irrepressibly enthusiastic Carroll, 73, hired in January as new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Sparkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparkly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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