wispish

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Adjective
  • During this phase, volatile organic compounds are released and partially converted to gaseous products while solid carbonaceous residues (biochar) are retained.
    David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The result is the direct production of gaseous ammonia (NH3).
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Days later, the two countries agreed to a tenuous ceasefire.
    Mandy Taheri Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • Trump’s shift in focus towards Gaza follows the tenuous ceasefire brokered between Israel and Iran in June after the U.S. joined Israel in bombing Iranian nuclear facilities.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
  • Many houses, townhomes and apartment buildings in both the city and suburbs have only a few square feet of front yard, or are surrounded by a thin fringe of plantable area.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Preminger, ever the maximalist, went in the opposite direction with Sagan’s vaporous narrative.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 May 2025
  • Many tracks amount to a quirky beat and a few seconds of vaporous rapping.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether in a lab or a bedroom, the unconscious brain often connects ideas in ways our waking selves can’t, delivering sudden insights that feel like inspiration — but are really the reward for deep, often invisible, thought.
    Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • The app is invisible and undetectable on the phone.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • The singer signed autographs in a diaphanous black Ludovic de Saint Sernin dress, an interpretation of the opening look from spring 2025.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 June 2025
  • But, never one to be bothered by what’s supposedly in or out, Bella Hadid is keeping the diaphanous look afloat, even in its downward trajectory.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For the trio of merry collaborators, something intangible had clicked.
    Mike Wass, Variety, 9 July 2025
  • But there are also many intangible benefits that can make attending college a worthwhile investment, Cuban said.
    Natalie Wu, CNBC, 7 July 2025
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“Wispish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispish. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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