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sticky

[stik-ee] / ˈstɪk i /


ADJECTIVE
humid and hot
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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“Even if it’s a couple degrees cooler ... with the humidity, it’s really going to be pretty sticky and uncomfortable,” Ciliberti said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Using sticky notes, booksellers had shared reflections on books they had read or highlighted passages they found particularly meaningful.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

This year’s upward march in bond yields has many drivers, from sticky inflation to heavy AI-linked corporate borrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

To efficiently connect short pieces of DNA, scientists rely on overhanging sequences called sticky ends.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

I didn’t see any sticky stuff on theirs.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

This is also a good time to break out those port-style stickies you picked up on your visits to local wineries.

From Washington Post Feb. 9, 2023

Transfers like this should be simple, but this fat document with little stickies pointing to places that required details and signatures was proof it wasn’t.

From Seattle Times Jul. 17, 2021

The track-prepared M40i’s were equipped with the optional electromechanically locking rear differential and shod with 20-inch summer stickies, so they were getting around pretty well.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2018

But what was there, in those dozens of stickies, was so captivating that Mr. Patel knew he had to have the role.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2016

As you can imagine, over the years I’ve had my share of notebooks, stickies, legal pads and the like.

From Forbes Jun. 27, 2013

In the run-up to last month’s meeting, a prominent worry was that the Middle East conflict and the higher energy costs it produced could broaden into stickier inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Does that music-critic writing really make the service stickier?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The problem, given recent events in the Strait of Hormuz, is “a stickier path for core inflation.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

If you have a job doing specifically that, things get stickier.

From Slate Mar. 5, 2026

But it becomes easy to understand how you would make a children’s show even stickier than Sesame Street.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Cook, 65, turned Apple into one of the stickiest product ecosystems ever.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Fesenko, the analyst, said Zelensky’s method of pressing partners on specifics, including about the mechanics of the implementation of the stickiest points, has allowed him to continue constructive conversations without folding on key issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

According to economist Matthew Nestler, the care economy has become one of the stickiest sources of inflation in the United States.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

The stickiest issue for the government is that these smaller class sizes and higher spending hasn't necessarily led to notably better outcomes.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

“But I suppose even the stickiest pudding is better than a tar pit. Good night.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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