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lived-in

adjective as in inhabited

adjective as in occupied

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Props and costumes — Quint’s battered jacket, Hooper’s rucksack, Brody’s Amity police patch — evoke the lived-in feel of Amity Island, alongside iconic objects like the “Beach Closed” sign and the fiberglass dorsal fin rigged for surface shots.

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It's an approach that gives the songs a weighty, lived-in quality.

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But there’s plenty of lived-in warmth in its accumulation of details and it gives needed voice to the concerns of women forging their own way in an environment that isn’t exactly kind on anyone.

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The line feels lived-in because it is.

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The carpets, lighting and houseplants may be new, but the penthouse feels lived-in and familiar, as comforting as her beloved Zuse, who made the trek back to Los Angeles with her.

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

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