glossy
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I considered basting the tomatoes in butter and stewing them down with miso until soft and glossy.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
She was an unabashed booster of the glossy L.A. that became synonymous with a rising creative elite whose élan and narcissism she found irresistible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Newspapers were launching glossy weekend magazines, turning pop stars and artists into an new breed of classless celebrity.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
"It's loud, it's glitzy, it's glossy, that's what this is."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He tossed me the magazine, which I now saw was a glossy brochure.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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They fit as naturally in cheap pulp magazines as in upmarket literary glossies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Carter’s detailed account of the overhead and rigorous scheduling that go into running a magazine is eye-opening, and makes it pretty easy to see why so many glossies didn’t survive the digital transition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
As a young teenager, I'd walk downstairs to our basement and find the ping pong table covered with large glossies of Carol Alt, Paulina Porizkova, Patti Hansen, and Iman, from photoshoots my dad directed.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
An art lover who drew inspiration from painters as diverse as Bosch, Vermeer and Picasso, Mr. Sokolsky churned out arresting images that seemed as appropriate for gallery walls as they were for fashion glossies.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
All the glossies I’d pored over in my bedroom at home, admiring the gymnasts who’d reached the top of the sport.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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What had been brothy turned to something thicker, glossier — golden, almost velvety.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
The budget for microdramas is usually between $100,000 and $250,000 for an entire season, compared with millions of dollars for glossier full-length shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The main characters in Kevin Williamson’s Netflix series are a multigenerational cast of adults whose lives are glossier and grittier than what audiences remember from the ‘Dawson’s’ gang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
Although Doherty and the characters she played usually seemed to inhabit a glossier, more beautiful world, she was always someone viewers could relate to on screen, and was a self-proclaimed "badass" in real life.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2024
I think I could give him a few tips from my own professional experience: his peach halves could be glossier, for instance.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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And today, F1 isn’t merely one of Apple’s glossiest global partners with a blockbuster movie to show for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
For those still determined to aim for the furthest, glossiest reaches of the Benjamin Moore color wheel, there are some caveats.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023
The U.K. pop rockers return to Sodo at their glossiest, riding high on this year’s ballyhooed “Being Funny in a Foreign Language.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
At age 26, Mr. Picardi, the head of Teen Vogue, is a rising star at this glossiest of magazine publishers, whose titles also include Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Architectural Digest.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2018
He was the shortest-legged, blackest and glossiest bear I had ever seen; and such a fair shot.
From Woodcraft by Sears, George Washington
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