adjective
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“So you can put any name or adjective that you want, it’s up to you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
During a one-word response game, Anthony Albanese used the adjective to describe Grace Tame, who was named the 2021 Australian of the Year for her advocacy for child sexual abuse survivors.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
“I could think of any adjective to fill the blank. And it would probably work. You find different ways to protect yourself, whether that’s self-preservation or it’s just growing up.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025
But you walk out underwhelmed, which is not an adjective that generally applies to anything Bruce Springsteen does.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025
Malik insists that Jar Jar Binks should be a verb, adjective, and an adverb to describe whack stuff because Jar Jar Binks is the worst character in the Star Wars universe.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing adjective
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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