cosmetic

Example Sentences

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These platforms don’t need beauty filters that show 12-year-olds what they’d look like after cosmetic surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The project began when Manasi Desai, an undergraduate student interested in cosmetic chemistry, approached her research advisor Joshua Lawrence in search of a project.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

He was steadfast that all he was doing was helping, that the objections were cosmetic, and overblown.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Twenty-nine people were in the four-story building, which also housed apartments and a cosmetic clinic, at the time of the early morning collapse, according to the Minas Gerais state fire department.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

He had already told Nigel many times that Nigerian cooking was not cosmetic, with all that pounding.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie