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airs

NOUN
affectation; pretended behavior
Synonyms
STRONG
affectedness arrogance front haughtiness hauteur mannerism ostentation pomposity pose pretense pretension pretentiousness put on show superciliousness
WEAK
false front
Antonyms
STRONG
honesty humility meekness reality truth
WEAK
personality realness truthfulness

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But for history buffs and musical enthusiasts alike, a sonically richer version filled with sound effects of the musical airs exclusively on Audible today, April 16.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Photographers and video crews were stationed outside the street level studio in Rockefeller Plaza where the program airs live each weekday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Schilling first joined Mafs in her home country of Australia and later on the UK version of the show, which airs on E4.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Portrayed in youth by Grady Wilson, he grows up middle class in New Jersey as his mother resolves to raise him with the airs and graces of the gentry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Straight down upon the Nazgûl they bore, stooping suddenly out of the high airs, and the rush of their wide wings as they passed over was like a gale.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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