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whiff

noun as in smell of an odor

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A divided committee, missing data and a whiff of stagflation present a choice between two paths—each with drawbacks.

Zhao has him whiff it so that Mescal can say the lines again, louder.

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There’s a whiff of PBS to the way the musical unfolds.

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It’s hard to believe now, but in the early ’70s it had a strong whiff of scandal, which delighted us both.

Stripping a prince of his title has a whiff of the guillotine, a swift transforming blow.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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