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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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However, for the sake of what isn’t an insubstantial investment, don’t mistake that for being fully waterproof.
JBL PARTYBOX 110 REVIEW: MAKE (AND TAKE) A SPLASHMARKKUS ROVITOSEPTEMBER 16, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEMeanwhile, this vast ecosystem of plug-ins brings with it a not-insubstantial number of security vulnerabilities.
LOOKING TO LEAVE WORDPRESS BEHIND? YOU’RE NOT ALONEPAMELA PARKERMAY 25, 2021SEARCH ENGINE LANDEven these willfully insubstantial constructions are more concrete than Jacqueline Maggi’s diaphanous, unoccupied rectangular enclosure.
IN THE GALLERIES: A WIDE ARRAY OF MEDIA CARRY ELECTION-YEAR MESSAGESMARK JENKINSOCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThat was another relative—James Lampton, a cousin—quite as lovable, and a builder of even more insubstantial dreams.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEThe coast of America now looked more like a low-lying fringe of insubstantial cloud than solid land.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMPHere we may fashion pictures and weave around them gossamer draperies as insubstantial as this golden twilight.
THE BROKEN SWORDDENNISON WORTHINGTONWhen viewed in the light of that modern common sense which has guided economic discussion, it seems formal and insubstantial.
THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASSTHORSTEIN VEBLENOdd to reflect on—they were the insubstantial but coveted wealth of the woman fallen upon poverty, ignoble poverty!
THE AMAZING MARRIAGE, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHThe strong desire to behold the loved ones who have passed away is indeed the impulse; but they too return, though insubstantial.
HOMER'S ODYSSEYDENTON J. SNIDERHer head was very light on my shoulders, and she felt curiously insubstantial, like a woman of feathers.
THE DOOR THROUGH SPACEMARION ZIMMER BRADLEYWORDS RELATED TO INSUBSTANTIAL
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.